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TIL in Feb, 2000, 60 Minutes did an exposé on “Echelon,” a top secret data collection program that vacuums up vast amounts of communications worldwide. Democracies usually have laws against spying on citizens, but Frost says Echelon members could ask other members to spy on their citizens for them

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jN5PX TIL: Reinhard Gehlen, The Chief of FHO, the Nazi German Army's military intelligence unit on the Eastern Front (1941–45) was recruited by the American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) immediately after the war and remained its close affiliate.
KO1jw TIL Democratic Republic of Congo completed its $22m National Museum in 2019. It is hoped the collection will be expanded with items taken abroad during the colonial era. In 2018, a landmark French report called for thousands of artefacts to be returned to Africa
W7G9N TIL In South Korea the island of Yeouido, which contains Seoul’s main finance and media districts, is often used by South Korean media as a means of comparison for measuring an unfamiliar area.
p66Q TIL that the US Vice President is the only officer in the Line of Succession that can ever succeed to the title of President; the remaining officers could only be Acting President
rNyB1 TIL It is common for insects to live in your pepper-based spice jars, including paprika, cayenne, and chili powder. The pepper family contain the nutritional requirements necessary for multiple generations of stored product beetles to successfully sustain life