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TIL The Mormon church uses tax records (and anything else they can) to track down members who move and stop attending. [x-post /r/exmormon]

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OBRR TIL A man near the Canadian border crushed 8 police cars with his tractor because he was angry about a marijuana arrest.
vlOj TIL Neerja Bhanot, an Indian flight, attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the terrorits. She died while attempting to help passengers escape, shielding three children from a hail of bullets.
JB7m TIL That Neil Degrasse Tyson won a gold medal in 1985 for Latin ballroom dancing.
e6g4 TIL Marie Curie’s research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.
v1Q7j TIL that USSR detonated a Nuclear Bomb to extinguish a gas fire (255 Urta-Bulak)