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TIL In 1963 after the Kennedy Assassination, CBS producer Don Hewitt suggested to Dan Rather a plan to steal the Zapruder Film and copy it before returning the film. While Rather agreed to the idea, Hewitt had second thoughts and decided not to go through with the plan.

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BrYBd TIL the country dial-code of the Czech Republic is 420 and the rate of cannabis use there is one of the highest in the world. In 2016, Snoop Dogg was a contestant on The $100,000 Pyramid, and replied without delay that the country code for the Czech Republic is 420.
mxkOo TIL that in 1857, when he was 45 years, Charles Dickens left his wife and the mother of his ten children for an 18 year old actress, who would remain his mistress for the remainder of his life.
78Q8Z TIL During the Cold War the USA built a new embassy in Moscow. They knew it would be bugged - but overestimated their ability to remove them. The top floors had to be dismantled and rebuilt, the building finally opened in the year 2000
d8Jed TIL that the oldest military unit still in existence is the Spanish 1st regiment "Immemorial del Rey"
JPg4 TIL that only 2.8% of Oklahoma High School Students passed a citizenship test, students in Phoenix did better at 3.5% in the same education poll