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TIL that NeoPets is effectively owned by The Church of Scientology.

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7wAr TIL the descendants of black slaves owned by the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma are still battling with the tribal leadership in a fight to be recognized as full and legitimate members of the tribe, after about 25,000 were disenfranchised in the early 1980s.
7rWnX TIL George Washington mandated the creation of the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse, a secret program comprising 12% of the U.S. government's budget which funded clandestine intelligence gathering missions in Europe, including spies and political subversion.
gMDby TIL A Roman emperor, Otho, committed suicide in order to prevent a civil war from starting in his country. Although he was considered weak and lacking of masculinity, his death was considered the ultimate sacrifice, earning him greater respect than he had ever received during his rule.
xVZoo TIL the Siddi are an ethnic group in India, descended from the Bantu people of Africa and have been living there since the 7th Century.
kVd4 TIL A crocodile can’t move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.