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TIL of the New Cult Awareness Network, which provides information on cults, is owned and operated by associates of The Church Of Scientology

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0m0j TIL: The Hawaiian alphabet only has twelve letters: a,e,i,o,u,h,k,l,m,n,p,w
ADWX4 TIL During WWII, the German army used a radar system called Wotan. The British scientist R.V. Jones figured out how the system worked by assuming that it used a single beam based on the fact that the Germanic god Wotan had only one eye.
Nem6 TIL there is a tribe of people cut off from the world, still living in the stone ages. When a helicopter came near them, they repelled it with a hail of arrows.
ANYG4 TIL that Bernie Barker a retired Nuclear Engineer was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Oldest Male Stripper at 60
KK54 TIL Michael K. Williams aka Omar Little on “The Wire” and Chalky White on “Boardwalk Empire” received the scar on his face from a razor cut in a fight outside a party. It changed his entire career from dancing in music videos to acting out thug roles.