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TIL that the Church of Scientology gained tax-exempt status by infiltrating the IRS, bugging its offices, and hiring private investigators to blackmail agents

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78Z9r TIL about the Gault archaeological site, which has convincing evidence that humans inhabited North America 20,000 years ago
KYQv6 TIL that Indiana cardiologist Edward Harlamert broke the Guinness World Record for stents (34) by implanting at least 41 into his patient's coronary arteries, for a total of 48 stents in the man's chest. (Harlamert is now named in a malpractice complaint for stents by said patient and others.)
mxwdp TIL children in Singapore are required to learn English along with the language of their registered ethnicity: Mandarin, Malay or Tamil
gr6M4 TIL Mao Zedong is is generally credited with eradicating both consumption and production of opium in China during the 1950s. Under his government, 10 million addicts were forced into compulsory treatment, dealers were executed, and opium-producing regions were planted with new crops.
x6now TIL Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" is a two-minute, forty-eight second song with seven distinct movements, none of which repeat.