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TIL: there had been a “thirty years war” between Scientology and the IRS. Scientology Won

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dD7Dr TIL Bill Dana, comedian and script writer, most well known for his character Jose Jimenez, had a brother who was an accomplished musician, arranger, and who wrote the theme song to Get Smart. Dana had earlier worked with comedian Don Adams, and wrote what would become his character in Get Smart.
v1Dkx TIL 'slide to unlock' feature of iPhone was introduced after the UI designer, Freddy Anzures noticed the slide to lock/unlock mechanism on airplane bathroom door
r1x TIL KFC had to pay the real Colonel Sanders $1 Million to stop publicly hating on their chicken
rLQo TIL The world is divided into 6 floral kingdoms. All these kingdoms encompass several countries. South Africa, which has a floral kingdom wholly contained within the country, is the one exception. The Cape Floral Kingdom has 9,600 plant species, 70% of which are not found anywhere else in the world
6jeX TIL The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is loosely based on The Odyssey. The Cyclops enemy and Bag of Winds are directly lifted from The Odyssey, and both receive help from a deity along the way (Athena and Princess Mindy), + more