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TIL the CIA submitted a report expressing concern that Boomers were a potential threat to western democracy.

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6EdeZ TIL In 1990 the USSR and PepsiCo made a deal to exchange Pepsi syrup for vodka and a small fleet of Soviet warships including 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser and a destroyer. Until PepsiCo sold the ships to Sweden a few days later for scrap, Pepsi was the 6th largest navy in the world
VV1B TIL Kratos from ‘God Of War’ is based on Edward Norton in 'American History X’ where he plays a nazi
0jOL TIL the “Duds” in the name of the candy Milk Duds is because the original goal was to have perfectly round pieces of candy, but the machines the company had at the time couldn’t quite do it.
wLAG1 TIL that no prime minister has ever completed a full term in Pakistan.
j6B9R TIL that Harry Shearer, famed voice actor of a slew of Simpsons characters including Mr Burns, Waylon Smithers, and Principal Skinner, had his first acting role in an Abbot and Costello film. He played a small role in Abbott and Costello Go To Mars (1953).