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TIL there was a plan to make a movie about The Marx Brothers causing havoc at the United Nations in New York. It was to be directed by Billy Wilder ("The Apartment", "Some Like it Hot", ... )

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mx87x TIL of an EPA employee who told his bosses that he worked for the CIA and didn't go to work for most of 10 years.
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Lgl9 TIL Nikola Tesla was in favor of sterilising criminals and mentally unstable and believed that by 2100 no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny