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TIL of "The Hole", a prison camp led by Scientology. One former prisoner reported that she had to stand in a rubbish bin for hours while executives screamed in her face and poured water over her.

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j6kmE TIL that the movie Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut was so long (3 hours and 14 minutes), that it had an overture at the beginning and a 3 min intermission in the middle of the film where you watch a photo of Balian sitting with his fellow Crusaders after a battle to a special musical score
VvBm TIL: Killer Whales, aka Orcas, are actually not whales–they’re the largest member of the Dolphin family.
KoQQ TIL Walt Disney’s mood swings were so unpredictable that employees were advised to call the security guard to see how he was feeling whenever he arrived at the studio. If he was in a particularly bad mood, Walt was said to be wearing his ‘bear suit’.
MQYm TIL cats domesticated themselves.
Oogpe TIL 'Turritopsis dohrnii', the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish that lives forever. They never die of old age but transform themselves back into their juvenile state. It is the only known species that has figured out how to defeat death.