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TIL the cult awareness network is actually owned by the church of scientology

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5YPlk TIL according to a study in 2012, 45% of Americans said the holiday season brings so much financial pressure, they would prefer to skip it altogether.
ne9r9 TIL the idea of St. Bernard rescue dogs wearing casks of brandy comes from an 1820 British painting. In fact, though alcohol makes one feel warm, it does so by dilating blood vessels, hastening hypothermia. The idea is like "rescuing a burn victim with a keg of lighter fluid and a book of matches."
QJZbM TIL The Crab Rave meme has an official videogame coming out made by the creator of the video himself.????????????
KP1J TIL that North Koreans can be sentenced to “Three Generations of Punishment”, meaning you and three generations of your family would be imprisoned
VMgYZ TIL of 102-year-old cyclist Robert Marchand who held the 100-plus category one-hour record of 24 kilometres and 251 metres until he broke his own record at the age of 102 years riding 26 kilometers and 927 metres in one hour.