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

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6oEQ TIL that the “SEGA” chant at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog took up 1/8th of the memory on the cartridge.
7rjL7 TIL that Eric Fletcher Waters, Roger Waters' father, was a pacifist who drove an ambulance during the Blitz. He later changed his stance on pacifism and went to fight in WWII. He was killed five months later, during the Battle of Anzio.
W7pML TIL that the G.I. Joe U.S.S. Flagg aircraft carrier by Hasbro, which is 7 and a half feet long, over 3 feet wide, and almost 3 feet tall, is the largest playset ever produced for any line of action figures.
D1aPr TIL that earth has had 5 mass extinctions, and we are currently in the 6th.
wolX7 TIL the Apollo 8 Mission returned from Lunar orbit on Christmas Day and landed safely in the ocean, between Christmas Island and Hawaii, at night