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TIL about Operation Snow White, a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. It included a infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates.

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jNj4X TIL Japanese researchers have created a fire-alarm for the deaf. It’s a gadget that emits a wasabi mist which will wake the endangered person and get them out of the building alive!
xKlw TIL: Ticketmaster’s service charge fees are added upon by the venue, and Ticketmaster takes the heat for it on purpose.
G6dG TIL of a prank which involved a stolen gnome and several photos of the gnome next to famous land marks around the world being sent back to the gnome’s owner and even inspired an achievement on Half Life 2.
dD9aj TIL that Hiawatha was a real person, but Longfellow’s poem The Song of Hiawatha wasn’t really about him at all
rNAMM TIL There are insects which use superpropulsion to pee allowing them to eject accelerating pee that’s nearly 40% faster than their stylus ever moves by taking advantage of surface tension.