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TIL that it was technically legal to kill Mormons in Missouri until 1976

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m1RnR TIL from 1961 to 1965, Mossad operative Eli Cohen spied in Syria as Kamal Amin Thaabet, managed to integrate the highest ranks of military and government and was considered to become deputy minister for defense until caught by counterintelligence
N7Ede TIL Rick Kirkham of Tiger King fame conducted high profile interviews about drug abuse while secretly being high on crack
Z5R4 TIL there was a British TV show called “Sex Box”, where couples went into a box on stage in front of a studio audience, and had sex. And then came out and talked about the sex they just had with a panel of sexperts, including Dan Savage.
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