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TIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spying

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xYJ0 TIL that the special seaweed that tastes like Bacon when fried or smoked, Dulse, is already available in some stores in the smoked variety
9wgw6 TIL Ozzy Osbourne has been diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. As a kid, he was a frequent target of bullying and his bullies were molesting him, which left him traumatised and he had kept a secret for most of his life
5Gn8 TIL A language teacher volunteered to teach troubled black high school students French in Watts, California after the race riots. The principal warned him he would “be sorry” but within a few weeks students were speaking to each other in French
8eyAP TIL archeologists have been using remote sensing equipment like LIDAR to find lost cities in places like Ecuador and it's revolutionizing the field with major discoveries of previously unknown ancient cities in the Americas.
ZYLD TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece of the Chairman of Scientology, David Miscavige, first learned about the story of Xenu from watching the “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park.