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TIL I learned the CIA directly influences the production of movies and Hollywood since 1946

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R7ZR8 TIL that Arthur Miller was Marilyn Monroe’s last husband before she died. They divorced in 1961, she died in 1962.
OvaR TIL of the Burkitshi - nomadic hunters of Mongolia. They capture a golden eagle at the age of four, and train it to become a hunting partner. The Burkitshi live and sleep with the eagle for ten years, and then it is released back into the wilderness before death.
yVWZa TIL of Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, the Chief of the German Military Cabinet who died after performing a ballerina dance in a pink tutu for the Kaiser and his guests. His death was covered up because of fears it would inflame a previous homosexuality scandal in the German military.
r7ox TIL Welch’s Grape Juice was originally developed as an alternative to wine at sacrament by the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
E18lP TIL you’re supposed to flush your water heater every 6 months to avoid calcification and hardening of sediments at the bottom forcing you to replace the water heater if it’s neglected.