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TIL Sting took 1 million dollars to perform a private gig for the dictator of Uzbekistan - a man who boiled his enemies alive.

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kJlvB TIL FBI added Oppenheimer to its Custodial Detention Index, for arrest in case of national emergency after they found that Oppenheimer was on the executive committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, which it considered a communist front.
wL0vP TIL that the song played at the end of Disney's Sleeping Beauty was the official anthem of France between 1815 and 1830 (Bourbon Restoration). "Le retour des Princes Français à Paris" was composed by Tchaikovsky and is based on an old popular French song.
Kg4 TIL that Richard Harris was afraid of his career being remembered for his role as Professor Dumbledore, but took the part because his granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again.
QG8p TIL the FBI maintains an 83-page glossary of Internet slang. And it is hilariously, frighteningly out of touch.
9woD TIL Google Maps considers world conflicts when mapping directions