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TIL that the Nation of Islam is linked to Scientology, they encourage the use of Dianetics and even have auditors

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XEb7r TIL hurricanes can collide into a phenomenon called the Fujiwhara Effect. At 900 miles, the two cyclones begin to orbit up until they reach 190 miles of each other, which is the moment when they'll then merge and the two storms turn into a single giant one.
jNQ1R TIL the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo in 'Erin Brockovich', as a waitress speaking to Julia Roberts. She is credited as 'Julia R.'
ro9e TIL There was once a hybrid people who greatly resembled the culture and people of Skellige from the Witcher 3. They were called the Norse-Gaels and they were “Celtic Vikings” from Gaelic Ireland and Scotland who exhibited Norse-Gaelic cultural Syncretism
ZpJxQ TIL: NPR history department compiled a list of 1800s American slang which includes, "Shoddyocracy" = people who got rich selling bad products, "Wake snakes" = get into trouble, "Bottom fact" = undisputed fact, and "Chicagoed" = to be beaten badly.
xVXGD TIL separate bathrooms for women emerged only in the late 1800s, under the assumption that women were inherently weaker and therefore needed protective, home-like havens in their workplace.