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TIL Mountain Dew was created as a mixer for whiskey

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KYgA4 TIL That throughout the Cold War, almost the entire CIA's Cuban network of spies, actually worked for Cuba as double agents.
e0ogD TIL that as part of the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America new citizens swear to "Bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law."
Y7nWv TIL that the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany is the oldest public housing complex in the world, being founded all the way back to the 1510s.