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TIL Claus von Bülow was the personal assistant of J. Paul Getty in the 1950s and 1960s

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x4Xw TIL that in 1976 a Japanese ultranationalist porn actor died after flying a plane into the house of a yakuza don to punish him for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from Lockheed & betraying the samurai code
QJR5E TIL of an organization in Belgium training giant rats (nicknamed "HeroRATs") to sniff out landmines in countries where explosive remnants of war pose a large threat to communities. The rats are extremely effective, outperforming both metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs.
696mm TIL about Dinolingo, a language app designed for children, which launched the same year as Duolingo
ANoA4 TIL a 3,200-year-old tablet shows that ancient Egyptians took attendance at work and recorded absences. One type of reason cited for missing work was "wife or daughter bleeding" referring to menstruation because men were needed at home during this time to help with the housework.
woYKo TIL in 1979 the CIA used Psychics specializing in a technique call "remote viewing" to gather information on hostages in Iran.