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TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.

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VMYxm TIL Benjamin Franklin raised his illegitimate son (mother never revealed), who assisted his father in the famous kite experiment. But William became the leader of the Loyalists in the Revolution. They never reconciled, meeting only briefly in Britain after the war to settle family legal matters.
bERp TIL some Spartans were expected to have male lovers, but purely physical relationships between males was condemned by the state. Instead the older lover was expected to act as the guardian and guide during the younger lover’s military training.
groYb TIL that behind Mount Rushmore, there is a room that was intended to house America’s most important documents and give info about the carving of Mount Rushmore. However, construction on it was stopped when the government ordered the sculptor to focus on carving out the president’s faces.
wLYbW TIL J.K. Rowling was the 1st & is still the only author to become a billionaire
a6Gb TIL if all the water on earth is bunched up into a ball, it’s radius will be less than 700 KM.