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TIL the CIA used a device called Jack in the Box, made from sex dolls cut from the shoulder down. If an agent was being tailed by the KGB, his driver would turn sharply, giving him time to hop out of the car. The driver would then deploy the device, so it would look like the agent is in the car.

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WkwLB TIL of Ranavalona, a ruthless ruler of Madagascar. During her reign the population of Madagascar is estimated to have declined from around 5 million to 2.5 million
6EGxJ TIL that Calvin & Hobbes are based on the philosophers John Calvin & Thomas Hobbes
yxMX TIL the word “robot” was first used in a 1920 play and was derived from the Slavic word for “slave labor.”
1PWr TIL Bill Gates coyly defended his LSD use by saying ‘I never missed a day of work’
mx7jE TIL that a British man developed anterograde amnesia after a root canal, so he can't remember anything for longer than 90 minutes and he can't make new memories. Also, he thinks it's the day of his root canal every time he wakes up which is why he must read a detailed note every morning.