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TIL that the German government will not recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an “abusive business masquerading as a religion”

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xV7ag TIL People who eat cheese and butter daily live LONGER than those who don't. Scientists came to this conclusion after analyzing the diets of more than 130,000 people in almost two dozen countries.
gr7Y7 TIL that in early 2000, McDonald's Singapore sparked a "Hello Kitty Craze" that led to massive crowds, fights, injuries, and complaints from over 6,000 businesses as customers scrambled to get their hands on limited edition Hello Kitty toys that came with value meals.
p8Ox8 TIL of the Schwerer Gustav, a German railway gun used against allied forces in WWII. It took a crew of 2000 men to lay track and to operate. Weighing in at over 1,300 tons and firing a 15000 lb shell, it is the largest gun ever used in combat.
GAvZG TIL that news anchors in Turkmenistan, both men and women, were prevented from wearing any make-up after the former president discovered he was unable to tell the difference between them when presenters wore it.
0wZgN IBM has created a computer smaller than a grain of salt and it has the computing power of the x86 chip from 1990.