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TIL Charles Manson took a few scientology courses and they influenced parts of his brainwashing technique

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X0jD TIL that during his reign, Pope John Paul II apologized for the conquest of Mesoamerica, the complicity in the African slave trade, the silence of Catholics during the Holocaust, and the trial of Galileo.
W7ynd TIL "Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung" is the longest german word without any repeating letters. 24 in total.
x66Pk TIL Several times in Japanese history, the new ruler sought to ensure his position by calling a sword hunt. The most famous in 1588, denying commoners weapons while allowing them to the nobility, the samurai class.
l68K TIL sea cucumbers move and hunt in herds.
0L1p TIL the word myriad means 10,000, but it can also mean a generically large number. It’s also okay to say “there’s myriad cats” or “there’s a myriad of cats”