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TIL The founder of Scientology fought a 70 hour battle with two non-existent Japanese submarines after operating his ships SONAR wrong.

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Wkdgo TIL that parasites can manipulate their host’s behaviour to ensure their own transmission. Malaria parasites can manipulate mosquito feeding behaviours such as motivation, persistance in their feeding attempts and avidity to feed on vertebrate hosts in order to increase parasite transmission.
RGZQ TIL of planet HD 189733b, where it constantly rains molten glass of over 1500°F horizontally in 6000kmph winds
QNLAk TIL about Robert Brecheen, a convicted murderer who attempted suicide by overdose just prior to his execution in 1995, but he was found, revived and treated at a local hospital until he was better, then returned to prison and executed.
w64P TIL that the first casualty of the Battle of Hastings was William the Conqueror’s jester. He allegedly taunted the English army by juggling his sword and was promptly killed for the display.
69pPQ TIL that in the 1800s, people believed that tomatoes were poisonous, until one man ate an entire basket in public to prove them wrong.