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TIL The Mormon Church Maintains A Centralized Committee That Actively Monitors The Writings, Activities, and Speech of its Members

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J1Yjm TIL The Better Business Bureau Doesn't have any legal or any policing powers so they cannot shut down a business. Reports and complaints help to reduce fraud and scams.
GAoEE TIL Nearly 2 out of every 100 Swedish fathers are unknowingly raising children that are not theirs
LMRv TIL in 2011, two judges were convicted in a scheme that involved $2.6 million in kickbacks from owners of private detention centers in exchange for diverting over 4000 juvenile defendants to the private detention centers, often for minor crimes such as mocking a principal on Myspace and trespassing
rRNjw TIL Zack Snyder said he would like to do a film about George Washington at the Battle of Trenton in the style of '300'. Robot Chicken joked about him doing exactly that in 2009 in a short bit: “1776. It aint accurate, but it will blow your f-ing mind!”
PY1GO TIL Radox Spa commissioned a study to find the Top 9 most relaxing songs. The British Academy of Sound Therapy then teamed w/ Marconi Union to scientifically create the most calming song called Weightless. Using entrainment, your heart rate slows, and specific harmonic intervals create euphoria.