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TIL that the Church of Scientology tried to frame an author critical of them for terrorism

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enmJ TIL the first webcam was deployed at Cambridge University computer lab – its sole purpose was to monitor a particular coffee maker and hence avoid wasted trips to an empty pot.
Qlk TIL Because genetic determination of some coat colors in cats is linked to the X chromosome, calicoes are nearly always female.
5Y59P TIL Troy Leon Gregg, a death row inmate in Georgia, escaped the night before his execution only to be killed in a bar fight that very same night.
yZwl TIL that certain bears in Russia have become addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of discarded barrels. Going as far as stalking helicopters for the drops of fuel they leave behind.
5VX1R TIL there's an international treaty preventing the use of Environmental Modification Techniques or "Weather Warfare".