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TIL the CIA has a museum but you can’t visit it.

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l4nV TIL Dale Irby a PE teacher in Dallas (Texas, USA) who wore the exact same polyester shirt and knit sweater vest for the past 40 years of yearbook photos.
Z59R TIL Johnny Depp would close a club he partially owned on Halloween every year because his good friend and fellow actor, River Phoenix, collapsed and died in front of it. He did this for over 10 years until he sold his part.
9YGwD TIL about Operation Kitona, when in 1998 Rwandan/Ugandan forces highjacked 4 civilian airliners, flew them to an airbase in western DRC where they amassed 3000 troops, then took over the Inga Dams and cut off power to Kinshasa. Thus began the Second Congo War, second deadliest conflict since WWII.
e0lJb TIL of the Beslan School Massacre in Southwestern Russia on September 1st, 2004. Over 360 hostages, including 186 children, were killed by Islamic insurgents or Russian military personnel during the 4 day seige.
j7yp TIL: Someone purchased John Lennon’s teeth for $30,500 in hopes to clone him in the future.