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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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xVD0g TIL that Nicolas Cage insisted on picking up a venomous copperhead snake for a scene instead of one without poison because it would relax him in front of the camera and he wouldn’t have to act.
5Yd4Q TIL the famous inventor Nikola Tesla became interested in electricity after his cat gave him an electric shock
d4MZ TIL that some common civilian aircraft have anti-missile countermeasure systems on them
dnZK TIL A Listerine mouthwash ad from the 1920s coined the phrase, “Often a bridesmaid but never a bride” to describe women with bad breath.
wLrD1 TIL Though fully described by John Langdon Down in 1862, Down Syndrome has been featured in numerous works of art since antiquity, including an Ancient Egyptian figure, and Clay figure from Mexico from about AD 500