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TIL that Wikipedia banned the Church of Scientology from editing any articles!

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vPV7r TIL Paul Reubens' final public performance as Pee Wee Herman was for a one time stint as a radio DJ on KCRW on November 26, 2021 and the show was called "the Pee-wee Herman Radio Hour."
pPeZ TIL apparently you can use blood on a urine pregnancy test and get accurate results
WkKJY TIL that ‘Flyting’ was medieval England's version of a rap battle, in which participants would exchange witty and insulting verses.
N7WnP TIL In 2007, a local Japanese railway station “hired” a cat named Tama as an official, helping the local economy bring in over 1 billion yen during her service. When she died 8 years later, thousands of people came to her funeral.
j6XWN TIL that after the astronauts onboard Skylab 4 forgot to communicate with ground control for one orbit, it was reported in the media as a "strike" or "mutiny", despite the astronauts denying that it was intentional.