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TIL that the Church of Scientology created WhoIsPaulHaggis.com to besmirch him (and many others) after leaving the church.

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1yV4 TIL that a person’s perception of time tends to speed up with age.
WkJoN TIL of the Peshtigo Fire a forest fire so hot it spawned fire tornadoes (fire whirls), and people that jumped in wells to escape the blaze were boiled alive.
7lap TIL - A blind man shot better than two-thirds of his pistol marksmanship course, scored a 105/100 and earned his gun permit (concealed carry permit)
7yQp TIL that during the filming of “Schindler’s list”, Robin Williams would often call Steven Spielberg to cheer him up, given the profound lack of humor on set
jrDX TIL when Londoner Henry Budd died in 1862, he left his whole estate to his two sons on one condition – that neither of them would grow a moustache