Post * amJy — Curious Curator

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TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece to the Leader of Scientology, did not know about the story of Xenu until she learned it from the South Park episode: Trapped in the Closet.

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xRLo TIL that after watching Dr. Strangelove Daniel Ellsberg, who had been a RAND analyst and a consultant at the Defense Department, turned to his colleague and said, “That was a documentary!”

G6PE TIL in 2012 six LCD screen manufacturers were discovered to have colluded in selling over $70 billion price-fixed screens.

xVOB5 TIL that the story of the Chernobyl fireman's wife is deemed impossible by Robert Gale, a UCLA doctor who treated radiation victims

yQpXp TIL That the game Battleship dates back to turn of the 20th century, where is was played with just paper and pen. The game is said to have been played by Russian officers before WWI. A version using plastic pegs wasn't created until 1967.

xe8D TIL Actress Carey Mulligan and singer Marcus Mumford were childhood penpals. They lost touch, reconnected as adults, and eventually married.