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TIL L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, attacked Mexico during World War II

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DQxaj TIL The story of Jeronimus Cornelisz : a litteral sociopath took advantage of a mutiny and a shipwreck in 1629 to establish a brutal dictatorship on a desert island, leading to the murder of 124 surviving men, women and children.
EbB7 TIL that in the early days of baseball, players would often steal across the field from first base to third.
j6E1M TIL that publications keep "advance obituaries" for notable individuals in order to have large well-written articles as quickly as possible. Not only do these regularly get published early in error, but P.T. Barnum requested his be published early so he could read them on his deathbed. They did.
grr5A TIL that Canada and Denmark have finally ended the "Whisky Wars" after 50 years.
X0vDj TIL about the "Judas Wolf technique". This involves capturing a wolf in a net and putting a radio collar on it to lead government-contracted shooters back to its pack so they can be killed.