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TIL that country singer George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.

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vW77 TIL when sliced bread was invented it was described as the best thing since wrapped bread
Z8ZVa TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with 'Operation Northwoods', a proposal made to JFK that would allow the CIA to carry out false flag attacks in America. Blame was to be put on Cuba, providing America with the justification for military intervention. JFK rejected the proposal.
9Y9m TIL that we have Bill Clinton to thank for our GPS navigation systems in phones, cars etc.
9wORp TIL Adolf Hitler was such a big fan of Disney that his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels gifted him 18 Mickey Mouse shorts for Christmas 1937. Also Roy Disney sold Hitler a copy of Snow White, which he considered one of the greatest movies ever made, though never shown to the German public.
6PV8 TIL that in Colorado, medical marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks locations 3 to 1