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TIL that Jerry Seinfeld was a Scientologist

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RDDa TIL that Teens listening to their preferred music while driving commit a greater number of errors and miscalculations
XEwjk TIL President Harry S. Truman was not given a middle name, only the initial S. The S honors his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. There is controversy over whether or not the period after the S should be included, although Truman's own letters suggest he regularly used a period.
GXb1 TIL: Urine on a jelly fish sting doesn’t do any good. It’s better to splash the stung area with salt water.
BKk TIL that Voldemort was 71 years old when he died in Harry Potter.
LQOVV TIL: Some Japanese families without a son will adopt a Mukoyōshi or adopted son-in-law. They marry a daughter, run the family business, and take their wives surname. Nintendo, Kikkoman, and Toyota, are owned by families that have adopted this practice.