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TIL the Church of Scientology have argued in court several times that their policy of intimidation and harassment of "enemies of Scientology" should be considered a Constitutionally-protected "core practice" of Scientology

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9nDD TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that “time and time again” people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.
we0W TIL that some researchers in Antarctica grow marijuana there
kO0We TIL the words "Kurds", "Kurdistan", or "Kurdish" were officially banned by the Turkish government. They called them "Mountain Turks" instead. The Kurdish language was also prohibited until 1991.
JNdQ TIL blue whales sometimes break from a song and then pick it up in the exact same spot six months later. Scientists have no idea how or why this is done.
loWRa TIL that Thomas Edison really couldn't stand Mathematics. He struggled getting through Newton's Principia Mathematica and so made it a priority to hire mathematicians.