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TIL Charles Manson studied Scientology to learn how to manipulate people.

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dGn7 TIL that Alice Cooper (the band) broke up in the 70s, at which point their frontman adopted the name Alice Cooper for his solo career. Since the “Alice Cooper” name is registered to the band, Alice Cooper pays the old members of Alice Cooper an annual royalty to use the name “Alice Cooper.”
ADlDl TIL about Sergeant York, a pacifist who was drafted into the US Army for WWI, and would later capture 132 Germans in a single raid on a German machine gun nest
b6R6Q TIL the US actually DOES have an extradition treaty with Cuba
7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies
GdJj TIL that a giant snowman named Snowzilla is created every year in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2008, the city attempted to stop the creation of Snowzilla, and on Christmas morning there were sign-carrying snowmen “protesting” that attempt in front of city hall.