12 Weird Things Scientologists Don’t Want You to Know

Scientology, created by L. Ron Hubbard in 1954, is one of the world’s most secretive and mysterious religions.

Even the location of its heavily-guarded headquarters (called The Gold Base) — somewhere in unincorporated Riverside County, California — is not divulged  to most of its practicing members.

The church has a huge celebrity following, with Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Beck, Juliette Lewis, Kirstie Alley, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Lee, Laura Prepon, and Giovanni Ribisi as notable members. Famous folks who have left Scientology, including Katie Holmes and Leah Remini, have voiced their displeasure with the church and its unusual, sometimes downright bizarre tenets.

Here are twelve things most Scientologists might not want people to know.