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TIL in Rwanda on the last Saturday of every month, everyone gets together in their neighbourhoods to do a collective clean-up - roads are swept, rubbish collected. It is called Umuganda, which in Kinyarwanda means "Community Work".

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Y70pB TIL about Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the sea pangolin or volcano snail. The scales on its feet are made of iron sulfide. It does not require consumption of food as it lives on the energy the bacteria in its gland produces.
Krow TIL that their are four male suicides for every female suicide but their are three female suicide attempts for each male attempt.
REww TIL Not long before Elvis Presley’s death, a group of Scientologists once tried to recruit Elvis. After the meeting, Elvis fumed: “The hell with those people. There’s no way I’ll ever get involved with that s.o.b. group. All they want is my money.”
yOOv TIL Domino’s reported a large rise in pizza sales in the 15 minutes before the OJ Simpson verdict. When the announcement began, the orders stopped, however; “not a single pizza was ordered in the United States for five minutes between 1 o'clock and 1:05”
x8A0 TIL the government of Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion. Scientology has been labelled officially as a ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.