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TIL that HBO used some 160 lawyers to vet its film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief because of the notorious litigiousness of the Church of Scientology.

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6EjoX TIL that Ben Affleck speaks fluent Spanish
MJ6A TIL Bikini Bottom lies below Bikini Atoll, a small island where the US did nuclear weapons testing. Hence the talking sponges and metal canisters for buildings.
LkvGv TIL that some fish can fly to avoid predators, video footage from BBC
rRDjw TIL: Amon Göth, who Headed the Kraków Concentration Camp, was so Brutal in his Treatment with Jewish Prisoners, that he was Trialed and Charged by the SS, and Relieved of his Position
Q7bd TIL the first spam email and the first DoS attack occurred on the same day. A law firm sent a spam message over the early web, and annoyed recipients flooded them with angry responses, crashing their computer.