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TIL L. Ron Hubbard’s ( the creator of scientology) eldest son L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. rejected his father and scientology and changed his name to Ronald DeWolf.

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njE9 TIL leaving the US with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years.
X8rD TIL Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. The diet consisted of chicken soup, coffee and 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.
KVnw TIL in 1996, future pop singer James Blunt, then a British Army Officer deployed to Kosovo, was ordered by the NATO Supreme Allied Commander to forcibly take an airport occupied by Russian troops, but he refused, saying he was, “not going to start the Third World War.”
X0BMr TIL Alfred Hitchcock was jailed at the age of 6 because his father sent him to a police station with a note attached to his clothes requesting the jailing after Alfred committed some childish misdeed.
Bkyk TIL of thundersnow, which is exactly what it sounds like: a rare type of thunderstorm where it snows instead of rains. They come with heavy snow, poor visibility, strong winds, and lightning more destructive than a typical thunderstorm.