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TIL that Scientology claimed they have 3.5 million members in the U.S. but a 2008 survey showed the number to be 25,000.

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yQX5v TIL that when an explosion's shockwave travels slower than sound, it is considered a deflagration, not a detonation.
O5MR TIL the daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien believes that the description of the Dead Marshes (in LOTR) is based on the author’s experiences during the First World War.
QNvOa TIL that humans of non-African descent all come from Homo Sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans after migrating to Eurasia, making up 1-4% and 4-6% of DNA respectively
kO0em TIL that the Chinese equivalent of "when pigs fly" is "when the sun rises in the West." Other variants include "when the crayfish whistles" (Russian), "when the crow turns white" (Tagalog), "when the fish climbs the poplar" (Turkish), and "when it snows red snowflakes" (Hungarian).
GEkJ TIL Charlie Chaplin’s daughter played Charlie Chaplin’s mother in the 1992 biopic “Chaplin.”