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TIL of The Hole: a facility operated by the Church of Scientology in California. The Tampa Bay Times described it as “a place of confinement and humiliation where Scientology’s management culture…grew extreme.” It has been described by ex-members comparable to that of a North Korean death camp.

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B9WD TIL it was widely believed in the 17th and 18th centuries that man was powered by explosions, such that 23,000 times a day, a human breathed in air containing nitrous particles that, combined with the fire of the heart or the sparks of nerves, created the small explosions that moved the body.
Z8Abp TIL that spiders legs extend using hydraulic pressure from their circulatory system, and when they're crushed the legs curl in due to the loss in pressure
vDpB TIL a poisonous lagoon at a quarry was dyed black for safety. The previous azure water was so inviting the signs did not keep swimmers out.
yQdGp TIL in 1987, Steve Rothstein purchased an AAirpass ticket for $233,509. During the 10 years Rothstein owned the pass, he flew more than 10 million miles, earned over 40 million frequent flier miles (all of which he gave away) and made more than 500 trips to England, costing the company $21 million.
OoEKL TIL that it's illegal to sleep outside on a refrigerator in Pennsylvania.