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TIL that in 1962 the CIA tipped off South Africa’s intelligence service about the location of Nelson Mandela, leading to his arrest that put him in jail for 27 years

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Oo8DR TIL public urinals or "Pissoirs" were used by the French Resistance during World War II as places to meet for a private conversation or to leave a message for someone without the Nazi’s finding out.
NLGM TIL that until recently, most perfumes contained a preservative called “ambergris,” which is hardened sperm whale vomit. Terrible smelling chunks of ambergris can be found lying on beaches, and are worth tens of thousands of dollars per pound.
GAvME TIL one can live in Zu Zu, Tennessee, north of Yum Yum, and west of Dancyville .
e0Bp6 TIL the Looney Toons Golden Collection DVDs have a disclaimer at the beginning given by Whoopi Goldberg explaining that the cartoons are a product of their time and contain ethnic stereotypes that have not been censored because editing them would be the same as denying the stereotypes ever existed
0wj0v TIL when adobe stopped supporting flash content from running it also stopped a Chinese railroad from operating for almost a day. The only solution was to install a pirated version of Flash that was still operational.