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TIL the German government refuses to recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.

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mVNv TIL José Mujica, considered to be “the world’s ‘poorest’ president,” donates around 90 percent of his monthly salary, approximately $12,000, to charity.
PmjE TIL The people of Melanesia independently developed a recessive gene for blond hair. This is distinct from the blond hair gene found in Western populations
kOEgg TIL Cards Against Humanity was initially named 'Cardenfreude', a pun on 'Schadenfreude', which is the experience of joy that comes from the humiliation of someone else.
VMmk TIL that production of ALF was hell on earth with 20-hour-shoots for one episode. On the last day of shooting lead actor Max Wright (Willie Tanner) walked off set without saying goodbye.
6EB1J TIL that the forbidden fruit in the Bible is never defined as an apple. It is in fact a mistranslation that originates from the fact that the tree is defined as as "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" and that in Latin, mălum means evil while the very similar word mālum means apple.