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TIL that due to a long controversy beginning around 2005, the Church of Scientology has been banned from editing any Wikipedia article relating to the group.

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oRyjo TIL of Hugo Gernsback. Among other things, The Hugo Awards were named after him. He founded Amazing Stories, the first sci-fi magazine, in 1926. He even received his own Hugo Award in 1960.
R57V6 TIL the oldest Macaw parrot lived to be 114 years old
Lwnr TIL Kit Harington didn’t know his name was actually Christopher until the age of 11. Having gone by Kit since he was born.
emvg TIL: Brutus (the man who initiated the stabbing of Caesar) was a direct descendant of the man who assassinated the last Roman king.
AB0o TIL That the FCC can’t fine networks for using curse words or showing nudity anymore