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

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jNQAn TIL The year that Lord of the Rings author, J.R.R. Tolkien, died is rather unique. He died in 1973, that number may sound familiar: 1 ring to rule them all, 9 rings for men, 7 rings for the dwarves, and 3 rings for the elves!
LjBr TIL Lightning can reach temperatures 5 times hotter than the sun
4K4N TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson played Bigfoot in an episode of “America’s Book of Secrets” called “The Mystery of Bigfoot.” Will Ferrell was in it too.
8eplL TIL that actress Lupita Nyong’o ‘s mtDNA is extremely close to that of “Mitochondrial Eve,” a woman who walked the earth 200,000 years ago, and is the “mother” of us all.
E1Kg7 TIL that the Postal Service once printed 3 billion stamps featuring the Statue of Liberty, before realizing that the picture was actually of the Las Vegas replica