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TIL of Operation Snow White. A criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology which aimed to purge "unfavorable" records about the Church. Up to 5000 people took part infiltrating 136 government agencies in more than 30 countries. It was one of the largest US government infiltrations in history.

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d8av7 TIL: about the Transcontinental Airmail Route. A series of huge, bright yellow, illuminated, concrete arrows, built in the 1920s. They were every 10 miles and followed to enable night flying. A lot of these concrete arrows, now cracked and aged, still exist across America.
wLe5E TIL that Aladdin animator Randy Cartwright described working on the Magic Carpet as challenging, since it is only a rectangular shape, that expresses itself through pantomime. Cartwright kept folding a piece of cloth while animating to see how to position the Carpet.
XEGRD TIL that the serrated-edge knife on the multi-tool does wonders to cut through boxes and cardboard. I always used the straight-edge knife and didn't know I was doing it wrong all this time.
PYraO TIL Warren Buffett's best-performing stock over the past 3 months isn't Apple or Amazon. It's a luxury furniture company.
grrN9 TIL Arthur Blake competed for the Boston Athletic Association and it was after a 1000 yard race he said in jest "I'm too good for Boston, I ought to go over and run the Marathon, at Athens, in the Olympic Games". This led to him being noticed by a stockbroker, and sending Arthur to the 1896 Olympics