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TIL The Unabomber was a subject in CIA MK Ultra experiments at Harvard that may have shaped his personality for his future bombings

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R0A6 TIL there is a species of deer in Germany who won’t cross the border where the Iron Curtain once stood, even though that border has been gone physically for 20 years.
oRpj7 TIL in 1971, an activist group wanted to break into an FBI office to steal draft records. They knew they couldn't pick the lock, so they left a note on the door that said, "Please don't lock this door tonight." It worked.
yNkM TIL The W Virg.coal mining strike of 1912 became open warfare between the company and miners. The company quarantined the mining village, intentionally starving to death women and children. Main demand was company discontinue corrupt coal weighing and stop Stealing wages.
Qb66 TIL: That Ian McDiarmid (The Emperor) was only 38 years old when Return of the Jedi was released (Harrison Ford is older then him)
xbN1 TIL that John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.