3. TIL Tom Cruise divorced all three of his ex-wives when they turned 33 (Mimi Roge...

TIL Tom Cruise divorced all three of his ex-wives when they turned 33 (Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Katie Holmes) and each is 11 years younger than the last.

Not really since the level he's on (OT VII) is something that takes about 20 years, there would be no point. And they make up stuff all the time. Got the old books? We revised them. Got an old E-meter? We made a new one that you need to buy. Obviously they pressure people into taking out loans and they lose all their money but I don't think that's the case for Tom Cruise. He donates about twenty million a year anyway. Then there is this other guy (I forget his name) the billionaire that donates even more. I'm not saying you're wrong and that they don't take people's money and some people lose everything, I'm just saying it's not some communal thing where you're obliged to give them all your money.

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