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TIL that Scientology staff are required to salute the dogs of leader David Miscavige as they pass by.

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BK4y TIL Male Victims of Domestic Violence who call law enforcement for help are statistically more likely to be arrested themselves than their female partner- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH [PDF]
ek9k TIL that there is a browser called Iron with all the google chrome functionality minus the usage tracking and other privacy-compromising features of Chrome
b9Era TIL: Marceline from "Adventure Time" was played by the same actress that played Joanna, the pre-teen singing heartthrob, in "Love Actually".
8PE4 TIL that during WWII, notorious American mobster Meyer Lansky broke up Nazi sympathizer meetings, protected U.S. ships during construction and watched out for German saboteurs on U.S. submarines along the Caribbean coastline.
rR45o TIL the Michelin Man’s ‘real’ name is Bibendum, and the reason he’s white is because he was created before carbon was added as a preservative and a strengthener to the basic rubber material. Before 1912, tyres were a gray-white or light and translucent-beige colour.