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TIL the ‘church’ of Scientology has its own prison

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78bbx TIL In 1846 a Mormon Battalion had a battle with a group of wild charging bulls. At least three men of the battalion were injured and three mules were gored to death.
8DZ TIL Potatoes were introduced to Ireland in 1590. And it is possible to stay healthy on a diet of potatoes alone.
dK0K TIL that “Ugly Laws” in the US banned many disabled people from appearing in public until the 1970s.
GYrnJ TIL a couple spent 26 years replanting a rain forest in 1991 and now it covers over 300 acres of wildlife that is home to more than 200 globally endangered species of plants and animals, including Asian elephants and Bengal tigers.
loNa5 TIL Canada supplies 72 terawatts of power to the USA, enough electricity to light up every home in the USA 7,200 times over