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

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9YjjQ TIL about the Babbs Switch Fire, which killed 35 people attending a party on Christmas Eve when “Santa” knocked a candle off of the tree. New renovations to the building trapped people inside, which led to updated fire codes throughout Oklahoma.
j6nNn TIL that King Ferdinand VII of Spain was forced to abdicate in 1808 and was replaced by Napoleon’s brother. He lived in luxury in France until Spain ousted the French, restoring him to the throne—only for him to betray the Spanish people who fought to bring him back.
ADwMo TIL that tumbleweeds aren’t just dead plants rolling around aimlessly. They also have a strategy; to disperse their seeds, shaking loose thousands of them as they roll.
RRM6 TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
XE5Vr TIL Cloudflare uses a wall of lava lamps to generate truly random encryption keys for their networks. Every detail about photos of the lava lamps are turned into completely unique and unpredictable strings of characters