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TIL when L. Ron Hubbard showed off Scientology’s first “clear” member (the highest level of achievement with skills that included perfect memory), the woman couldn’t even recall what color tie Hubbard was wearing

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xVkY1 TIL:In The Phantom Menace, Yoda has three toes. But in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, he has four
Wkwa9 TIL The Medical Student Syndrome is a condition experienced by med students who perceive they are suffering from the disease they are studying
oBJEE TIL in 1983 US Interior Department secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from playing at the National Mall, saying the concerts encouraged drug use and attracted the wrong element. He was forced to apologize after finding Ronald Reagan was a fan.
VM7PD TIL about "water sandwiches," a Great Depression food consisting of bread soaked in lard and water. It was sometimes served with "bulldog gravy," a mixture of milk, flour, and grease.
LkRRd TIL that Ivy League schools + sister schools used to take nude photos of all incoming freshmen, supposedly to gauge the severity of scoliosis and etc. The two lead psychologists then tried to use the data to justify their theories on body type and social hierarchy.