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TIL the FBI ran a 2-year investigation on a fictional anti-goth cult, Church of the Hammer, before realizing it was a parody

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N7bNQ TIL prior to production of Valkyrie (2008), German Defence Ministry said that filming would not be allowed at the country's military sites. Because Tom Cruise is a member of Scientology, which is viewed as a dangerous cult by the German authorities
W7LWo TIL that not a single engineer made it off the Titanic: they stayed and kept the power on so others could escape.
9Y0xB TIL the actor that played Squiggy in Laverne and Shirley is a scout for the professional baseball team the Los Angeles Angels
M7XpB TIL that a third type of twins exist: "Semi-identical" - When a single egg is fertilized by two sperm and then splits.
e0eaD TIL that the United States government operates a single marijuana farm run by the University of Mississippi