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TIL MI6 believed Saddam Hussein was continuing to produce WMDs based on information provided by a false agent who based his reports using scenes from the movie The Rock

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R7wv6 TIL the bubonic plague killed an estimated 200 million people and it took Eurasia 200 years to recover lost population
OoplX TIL about David Johnson, the "World Famous Bushman", who hid behind a bush scaring passersby in San Francisco from 1980 to 2014
loo8B TIL All of Mr. Rogers cardigan sweaters worn on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood were knitted by his mother
JY5vV TIL that in old Nokia phones, the notification tone for an SMS was simply 'SMS' in Morse
wL1yP TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.