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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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b9WKZ TIL there's a word «mamihlapinatapai» that describes the situation when two people look to each other, wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin
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