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

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xVJDw TIL that the former CEO of RadioShack is now an ER Doc!! ???? I guess you really are "never too old".
1aX7d TIL that many inventions credited to Thomas Edison were in fact stolen from other inventors. Edison ruthlessly patented inventions from other inventors so he could claim them as his own work.
nPnY TIL the first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975 but then dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photographic-film business
005j [TIL] People visiting the NORAD command center after the 1983 release of Wargames were so unimpressed with what the command center actually looked like versus the movie portrayal of it, that NORAD realized it was time to upgrade their entire system.
dg4Q TIL You only really have to shower once or twice a week, according to experts.