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TIL: Shelly Miscavige, wife of head Scientologist David Miscavige, has been ‘missing’ since 2007

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mxKQP TIL that Vera Lynn, famous for “We’ll Meet Again” and immortalized in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, outlived the writer of her New York Times obituary by 4 years.
v1m87 TIL that the human-like behaviour of Jenny (an orangutan), a resident of London Zoo, reinforced Charles Darwin's view that man was descended from animals.
nWVmd TIL Social Media posts can be cited in APA format
dJE7 TIL Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. “Even when you get the rats hooked on IV cocaine, once you introduce sugar, almost all of them switch to the sugar.”
R7N5Q TIL that only 14.5% of American men are 6 feet tall or taller. About 3% are taller than 6 feet 2 inches. Interestingly however, 58% of CEOs in the U.S. are over 6 feet.