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TIL That an UK double agent knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor months before the attack. And that FBI was told about this but ignored the facts.

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yVeeM TIL the US Navy developed an e-reader with no cellular or wifi connectivity preloaded with 300 books called NeRD.
wlDo TIL Hugh Laurie realised he had severe clinical depression after seeing two cars collide and explode in front of him, which caused him to be neither excited nor frightened, but bored.
Y77mx TIL "Cityspeak", the pidgin street language incorporating Japanese/Spanish/German/etc.. used in Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 wasn't in Philip K. Dick's book, but was actually devised by "Gaff" actor Edward James Olmos while researching his character for the film.
BrOnb TIL of the Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) which states that for many events roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.(reuploaded with a working link)
Pbnn TIL Kurt Gödel died of starvation when his wife was hospitalized. Gödel suffered from extreme paranoia and refused to eat food prepared by anyone else.