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TIL about how the CIA faked a vampire attack in a psy-op campaign against Philippino communist rebels.

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Z88xG TIL that in 1981, after Ronald Reagan's assassination attempt, when he was rushed to the hospital he told the doctors before they all operated on him, "I hope you are all republicans."
LkoPd TIL that 707,088 people in the 1931 Polish census were recorded as speaking 'local', rather than any recognized language.
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