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TIL the CIA had an operation called “Acoustic Kitty” in which they surgically implanted a bugging device into a cat, only to have it being squashed by a taxi on it’s first mission. The project was cancelled shortly after, having cost about $25M or over $185M adjusted for inflation.

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Z1wo TIL Abraham Lincoln anticipated his assassination: “On the day of the assassination, Lincoln told his bodyguard, William H. Crook, that he had been having dreams of himself being assassinated for three straight nights.”
Jx11 TIL in 2005 a Welsh rugby fan boasted to friends that if Wales won the match they were watching he would cut his testicles off. When they won he went home, cut off his testicles and returned with them to show everyone in the bar
wooe1 TIL in 2011, a Minnesota mom accidentally fell asleep on her baby, killing her, after drinking a fifth of vodka. Nancy Grace labeled her the "vodka mom" and ridiculed her on national TV. Shortly after, she killed herself.
JYoMv TIL that brine lakes exist at the bottom of the ocean. It is heavier than water and extremely toxic, since there are many chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide and methane in it.
nedZb TIL: A guy called Arnold Potter who thought he was Jesus rode a donkey to the edge of the bluffs, whereupon he leapt off the edge intending to "ascend," but instead fell to his death. His body was collected and buried by his followers.