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TIL of "The Hole": a facility operated by Scientology that has reportedly held people against their will for months, humiliating them.

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d8EAZ TIL if you are on most airlines (not all) and hear an announcement referencing "Jim Wilson", it's because there's a dead body on the plane
8adKV TIL that EU citizen can demand a copy of all personal data that companies hold about them. However, more than one year after implementation of the new law, most Android and iPhone apps still completely ignore this right, a study has found.
8a6y8 TIL Vasectomies are reversed successfully 60-75% of the time if done within 10 years
nW69B TIL that in the 1970s, researchers discovered a tribe in Papua New Guinea that was immune to a deadly disease called Kuru.
wLmJo TIL The famous "War of the Worlds Panic" where rural dust bowl Americans tuning in post intro took to their rifles and bunkers after tuning in to the radio play, never happened. It was invented by newspapers of the day to make people distrust radio, and keep trusting the paper.