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TIL that The Church of Scientology surreptitiously started to take over the Clearwater downtown in 1975 with plans to take over the entire city. Presently they own almost all the buildings(almost 200) in the downtown area apart from a presbyterian church, a few govt buildings and condos.

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NbBe TIL An experiment on worms survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and their descendents were flown to the space station in 2011 by Space Shuttle Endeavor.
BgV5r TIL iconic country singer Hank Williams' #1 hit songs "Kaw-Liga", "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Take These Chains From My Heart" were released posthumously.
ka05 TIL that every spring in Dongyang, China, eggs are boiled in the urine of young boys and sold as a delicacy said to “taste like spring”.
J1pAB TIL that Inyo County, California has the 48 US states' highest point (Mount Whitney), lowest point in the US (Badwater Basin, Death Valley), and world's hottest place (Furnace Creek, Death Valley).
oBRJr It all depends on the size, physical fitness and hydration of the person in question, but it’s possible to sweat buckets before heatstroke sets in and we pass out. After all, there are about three million sweat glands on the human body (the highest concentration is on our palms), and the average person aggressively working out perspires about 0.7 to 1.5 liters per hour. Theoretically, if we were attached to a treadmill and pumped full of liquids, it’s possible to keep sweating forever.