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Til that the movie adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm was financed by the C.I.A.

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D1YlJ TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."
VMPPG TIL the oldest documented club dedicated to football in the world was the Foot-Ball Club of Edinburgh (1824- 1841), and surving records describe a match involving 39 players and "such kicking of shins"
oxw8 TIL that cursive handwriting has already been removed from the curricula of 41 states.
oOkA TIL Filipino officials stopped illegal fishing techniques using dynamite by placing underwater statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary which no one would dare damage.
rN7G0 TIL that In 1968, North Korea attacked a US spy ship and captured her 83 crew members. In response, the US considered a blockade of N Korean ports, airstrikes on military targets, a land attack across the demilitarized zone, and even nuclear bombardment if the crew were not released.