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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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ME40 TIL Cartoon Network banned an episode of Cow and Chicken called “Buffalo Gals” which allegedly implied lesbian stereotypes including the Gals being mistaken for men and the line “Oh! the Buffalo Gals, a motorcycle riding gang that randomly breaks into people’s homes and chews on their carpets.”
wLKro TIL WW1 American soldier Henry Johnson, known as the "Black Death", suffered 21 severe wounds while repelling a German raid. He survived while killing 4 and wounding 10-20 in hand to hand combat.
woxaP TIL Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was saved from a train accident by Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth.
nWWAW TIL that only 1 in every 1000 sea turtles born will survive to maturity
d8Km8 TIL Oskar Dirlewanger was a Nazi officer so sadistic that other SS units avoided interacting with him. He's been accused of child molestation and necrophilia, and was beaten to death by guards while in Allied custody