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TIL of Operation Choke Point. The Justice Department unfairly targets Porn Companies, Gun Dealers, and other legal businesses it doesn’t like and pressures banks not to do business with them

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6EOal TIL about Avro Yeadon, which built nearly 700 Lancaster bombers in WW2. To avoid German bombing, an elaborate camouflaging operation took place, grass covering the roof and hedges made out of fabric to replicate the original field pattern. Dummy animals were moved daily to increase the camouflage
OGnyg TIL Mike Tyson has tattoos of Mao Zedong and Che Guevara
Wk04 TIL that the Milky Way has other galaxies as satellites.
ep0RE TIL the term for bad breath, halitosis, was popularised by Listerine to sell more mouth wash. Also that Listerine used to make cigarettes!
QadX TIL Barry Manilow did not write his hit song “I Write the Songs”