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TIL that "The Pond" was a small US government intelligence organization that operated from 1942 and 1955. It worked in 32 countries, and after WWII was set up as a corporation contracted to the State Department, later merged with the CIA. The US government formally acknowledged it in 2001.

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b6JN9 TIL Lyndon Baines Johnson was the last US President (as of 18/11/23) to die who was from the Democratic Party, January 22, 1973, 50 years ago.
WNxX TIL that on August 7th 1994 in Oakville Washington, mysterious gelatinous blobs began falling from the sky that induced illness in a number of people. The blobs were analyzed by scientists and found to contain human white blood cells with no nuclei. The source of the blobs was never uncovered
4MN5 TIL that you can tell identical twin babies apart from their navels, since navel is a scar and thus they’re different.
vPPm8 TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.
77Gp TIL Grand Central Station emits more radiation than a nuclear power plant