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TIL that Charles Manson declared Scientology was "too crazy!".

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X0JJ8 TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
dxar TIL that MLK’s mother was herself assassinated shortly before the evidentiary hearing for James Earl Ray, who the King family believes is innocent.
QNbQX TIL Steven Spielberg told movie stars that if they wanted to work with him, a prerequisite was that they gambled along with him by not taking any salary upfront and instead only taking backend compensation. He said "...if my film makes no money I get no money. They should be prepared to do the same"
VAZk TIL that the Battle of Salamis is believed to be one of the most significant battles in human history. Some historians believe that a Persian victory would have hamstrung the development of Ancient Greece, and by extension western civilization.
woMZ8 TIL Suriname, which has the highest percentage of Muslims in the Americas, has two different groups of Muslims from India and present-day Indonesia who preyed to Mecca in completely different directions as they entered and settled in Suriname via the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans respectively