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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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pYEL4 TIL in the Second Catiline Conspiracy: Cicero saved Rome's republic from a coup but had to go outside due process, leading to his exile. His exile was later lifted but his actions revealed the complete lack of confidence in the court system on which the New Republic of Sulla was allegedly based.
neAlr TIL Detergents make clothes look whiter by dying them blue. These blue dyes or "optical brighteners" offset the clean fabric's natural yellow colour. They are also used in white paper.
BxVe TIL when Galileo presented his version of the telescope to the City of Venice in 1609, he did so at least partially because he needed the money to help support several illegitimate children.
1aoW8 TIL that Tree Wells Are Responsible For 20% of All Ski Deaths. 90 per cent of tree well victims fail to free themselves unaided, which highlights the importance of riding with other people when venturing off piste.
m1J4M TIL that the Powerball drawing on March 30, 2005, produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The total payout was $19.4 million, 89 of them receiving $100,000 each, while the other 21 received $500,000 each. All 110 winners had played numbers from fortune cookies made by Wonton Food Inc