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TIL that Neopets was run by the Church of Scientology.

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4Xol5 TIL that Ned Vizzini, author of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” and other popular young-adult books that dealt with themes such as teen anxiety and depression, died by suicide.
wL448 TIL raccoons in Toronto, Canada have issues with obesity and diabetes
JYYXv TIL About the Faroese whale hunts. They've reportedly killed over 600 whales and dolphins this year.
4kpLa TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses.
XJwE TIL of the existence of the short-lived Florida-based nation State of Muskogee, which was founded in 1799 in an attempt to resist the expansion of the United States with the assistance of southeastern native tribes