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TIL of Scientology’s “Operation Snow White” which aimed to infiltrate the US government (and other private organizations) to purge unfavorable records about Scientology. At its peak it had up to 5,000 covert agents in 136 government agencies in 30 countries.

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6E40l TIL Coffee was originally chewed. The very first African tribes who consumed coffee actually ground the berries up, added animal fat and rolled their new inventions into little balls which they consumed.
4X7Bg TIL Sigourney Weaver reportedly reached the height of 5 ft 101⁄2 in (179 cm) by the age of 11, which had a negative impact on her self-esteem. She recalled feeling like "a giant spider" and never having "the confidence to ever think I could act."
E1Dwo TIL the oldest company in the world was a Buddhist Temple builder that had been in business continually for 1,428 years before succumbing to financial difficulties in 2006.
R79R1 TIL of Seki Takakazu, a mathematician described as "Japan's Newton", who independently discovered many results attributed to his European contemporaries, some of which were rediscovered only centuries later.
wQ47 TIL that as a part of the “Five Articles of Faith”, the Sikh are required to carry a curved dagger at all times. This is specifically for the defense of the innocent and those in peril.