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TIL that Queen Elizabeth I had a vast spy network and one of her spies signed his reports with “007.” This was later used by Ian Fleming, writer of James Bond.

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e776 TIL that Monsanto has sued 145 individual US farmers since the 1990s for patent infringement relating to its genetically modified seed, including cases of unwanted contamination by Monsanto’s seed
D1Ne TIL if you get poisoned by silver it will turn your skin irreversibly blue known medically as argyria.
LkV8v TIL In 2008, a 12-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school
womvE TIL languages that originate in humid environments are more likely to have a wide range of tones because human vocal folds become more elastic in humid environments
78JpZ TIL that the reason why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t appear in more movies is because unlike the other reindeer, Rudolph is copyrighted by a Connecticut-based company. He was created by Robert L. May in 1939, for a story for a coloring book, which turned out to be a huge success.