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TIL, the church of Scientology planned and executed the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history.

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yVr9w TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.
4XgBX TIL Wolf packs do not have an "alpha wolf", nor do younger wolves "overthrow" the leader.
r9vW TIL a man drove a tank through the Berlin Wall to escape living in East Germany
woVQo TIL that in Bhutan they prefer to talk about "Gross National Happiness" rather than Gross Domestic Product. Although the idea was conceptualized as early as 1972, it was not until 2008 that the first Bhutanese GNH survey was organized nationwide, thanks to a long questionnaire.
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