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TIL L. Ron. Hubbard’s own son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr. was highly critical of Scientology and claimed black magic was the inner core of Scientology once stating, "my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan."

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KORjQ TIL in 2005 a group of Manchester United supporters who were annoyed by the takeover of their club by businessman Malcolm Glazer decided to start their own team - F.C. United of Manchester. The new club is democratically run by its members, who all have equal voting rights.
K7vE TIL that in 1774 two London doctors formed an institution to treat drowning victims. One treatment used: Smoke Enemas. Volunteer medical assistants (called ‘Pipe Smoker London Medics’) inserted an enema tube with rubber tubing attachments into the victim and blew smoke into the rectum.
e0P7n TIL of a very succcesful 18th century race horse named Potoooooooo. Horse breeder originally called him 'Potatoe' and instructed the stable boy to write the name on feed bin. Stable boy thought he had meant 'Pot-8-o's'. Breeder was so amused that the name stuck.
jN8ZN TIL group of doctors in the US were developing a technique to buy time in treating lethal wounds by inducing the person into a state of hibernation. The procedure included replacing part of the patients blood with chilled saline solution.
OorWY TIL that the 2000 Paralympic Spanish basketball team faked its way to a gold medal by pretending that 10 of its 12 members had an intellectual disability