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TIL that while Scientology and Dianetics bemoan any drug or Alcohol use, L. Ron Hubbard drank a bottle of scotch a day, used amphetamines and was addicted to phenobarbital.

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evRk TIL that Warren Buffet bet Hedge Fund managers $1 Million that he could out perform them by investing in the S&P 500 over a 10 year period … that was 8 years ago and he is up 66% to their 22%
NX4dP TIL that the song “Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys is actually about their sound engineer, Mario Caldato Jr. He pissed them off and screamed that they needed to finish a song. He would push awful instrumental tracks having Adrock to yell “I can’t stand it!”
D1RoY TIL of One of America’s great rags to riches stories and a pioneer not only for women but also African Americans, Madame C.J. Walker blazed a path as the first black woman millionaire and is argued as the first self-made woman millionaire in the U.S.
WkKDo TIL Hawaii has the highest share of petroleum use in the United States, with about 62% of electricity coming from oil in 2017. As of 2016, 26.6% of electricity was from renewable sources, including solar, wind, hydro and geothermal.
9wpKp TIL there have been five great mass extinctions on earth and we may living through the sixth mass extinction