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TIL the ‘church’ of Scientology has its own prison

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EP7W TIL that the phrase “Blood is thicker than water” was originally “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning the modern phrase is opposite in meaning to its origin.
6Ymw TIL that four-leaf clovers are only rare in nature because 4 is not a number in the fibonacci sequnce
m5ax TIL a soldier who fired his gun in celebration in NYC got sentanced to 4 - 12 Years For Manslaughter after turning himself in after the stray bullet killed a mother in Queens.
grdM7 TIL That Keisuke Itagaki, the mangaka behind Baki the Grappler, is the father of Paru Itagaki, the mangaka behind Beastars
4XD5b TIL Back in 1970, the average internal temperature of a home in the UK in the winter months was 12°C (53°F)