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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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xVLVo TIL that Pythagoras cannot have been the first to discover the Pythagorean theorem because it was known and used by the Babylonians over a millennium before he was born. Classical historians dispute whether he himself ever actually made any significant contributions to the field of mathematics.
VMLAQ TIL that the last telegram sent in the United States was in 2006, while the last globally was in India, 2013.
VXLQ TIL: Polonium is so deadly, it would only take 1/1,000,000'th (one millionth) of a gram to kill an average person.
lQjV TIL that there was once a real-life replica of The Simpsons house, made for a contest. It was re-created from footage of more than 100 episodes of the show to get every facet of the house right. The winner, however, chose to accept a cash prize instead.
694B8 TIL: the last stage robbery was on December 5, 1916,