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TIL Operation Snow White, 136 US gov’t agencies were robbed by the Church of Scientology in the “largest infiltration of the government in history” with “5,000 covert agents” in order to purge documents that were unfavorable of Scientology.

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JYBmj TIL that 98% of the marine fish found in the aquarium hobby cannot be bred on a commercial scale in captivity; they are instead stunned using cyanide poison to enable capture, a process which not only kills many of the fish caught this way, but also destroys a square yard of the worlds ailing reefs
Zplbp TIL scientists created cyborg cockroaches. They put wires the cockroaches and steer them by remote control.
R7E88 TIL that comfort noise is artificially created noise used in online phone calls to fill the artificial silence. It is used to give the user the feeling that someone is still on the line.
WwnY TIL glaciers are home to Ice Worms and the worms can melt if heated to 40F.
m1nnp TIL that Before his record setting Hall of Fame career as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry flew 30 combat missions as a B-17 Flying Fortress co-pilot