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TIL that when the Cult Awareness Network attacked Scientology in 1990, the sect buried them in lawsuits leading to the networks bankruptcy. Scientology subsequently bought the network.

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lNja TIL In 1961, the US Government came up with a plan, coined Operation Plowshare, to use nuclear explosives for “peaceful construction purposes”. One proposal was to widen the Panama Canal by blasting it with those nuclear explosions.
e0WVk TIL children from countries exposed to parasitic worms are less likely to be diagnosed with allergies
GgbJ TIL in 1989, a 16-yo girl was held down by her Mother while her Father repeatedly stabbed her with a 7in boning knife. Her immigrant parents did not approve of her getting a job and dating a black boy. Her entire murder was caught on audio tape by the FBI who suspected the Father of terrorist ties.
PQLg TIL The Dubai Mall is the most popular place on earth, with 80 million visitors in the last 12 months.
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