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TIL David Miscavige has only given one publicly televised interview in his 38 years as Scientology's leader. It was in February 1992, in a 72-minute segment with Ted Koppel on Nightline.

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VQJB TIL, while Samuel Morse was in New York, he received a letter that warned of his wife’s illness. Morse left for home but arrived to find his wife already buried. Heartbroken that for days he was unaware of his wife’s illness and death lead him to research and patent the telegraph 22 years later.
8a1Z TIL - The hotel which inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining” plays an r-rated version of the film on a continuous loop on Channel 42 in all its guest rooms.
R704l TIL Bayer sold blood meds contaminated with HIV. Their lab misrepresented the results of its own research and sold the contaminated meds in Asia and Latin America. As a consequence, people who used them developed AIDS.
8DPG TIL that Rob McElhenney of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia gained 60 lbs for season 7 because he “thought it would be funny”
x6yg5 TIL in Japan people count with their fingers in the opposite direction, where 1 is indicated by 4 fingers