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TIL that the Church of Scientology now owns the “Cult Awareness Network” after they sued the originally Cult Awareness Network for calling them a cult

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wL051 TIL, that it was the Coptic Christian priests who castrated boys to become eunuchs to serve in a sultan's harem. It was against Islamic law to castrate men.
awWBM TIL Research shows that 'laziness' contributed to Homo-Erectus dying out. They used the 'least-effort strategies' for making tools and collecting resources.
X0A7D TIL Gangubai Kathiawadi The Real Story of The Mafia Queen of Mumbai
GYyM1 TIL I learned of Thomas Midgley Jr., who ""had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history". He played a big role in inventing of leaded gasoline in 1921. After that, he joined a team that invented Freon.
4dWN TIL that in 1947, a country ruled by King George VI attacked a country ruled by King George VI. The only time in the last two hundred years a King was at war with himself