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

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xk4B TIL that Henry David Thoreau’s last words were, “moose” followed by “indian”.
0wkep TIL why lawyers say 'attorney at law'. It's to distinguish them from attornies in fact, which is when you give a relative the legal power to make decisions on your behalf. Attorney at law is a legally trained representative who acts for a party.
X4KD TIL That some 15 million years ago, there was a Koala species that was 20 times the size of the present day Koala.
dDkkB TIL the Ironclad, warships constructed from iron or steel which replaced the Ship of the Line, were first used in combat in 1862 during the US Civil War
0w6p1 TIL Andy Serkis based his voice for Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, on his pet cat coughing up furballs