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TIL that the Church of Scientology has a punishment and reprogramming complex nicknamed "The Hole"

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Do9e TIL Ocean thermal energy conversion, a technology invented at the end 19th century, has the potential to satisfy twice the global electricity demand without affecting the temperature of the ocean or the world’s environment.
KOQwR TIL when Spartans lost the battle of Megalopolis, their king Agis III, now wounded and unable to stand, ordered his men to leave him behind to face Macedonian army so that he could buy his men time to retreat. He slew several enemy soldiers before being finally killed by a javelin.
e9aL TIL some architects refuse to design spaces deemed inhumane by their nature, including solitary confinement cells and execution chambers. The counterargument: if architects don’t do it, such spaces will still be built, just by non-professionals who may make them even worse.
4kEXR TIL The US Chamber of Commerce tracks how lonely American cities are.
vPEYr TIL although the U.S. Code says that burning is the preferred method to dispose of a Flag, people also do so via flag burial.