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TIL that famed chef Julia Child was a spy...

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6EnOZ TIL before women became the norm, the earliest telephone operators were teenage boys. These boys would frequently misbehave on the job, drinking, fighting, swearing, and playing practical jokes on the customers.
bwjN TIL that a hunter in wyoming killed a bear by shoving his fist down the bear’s throat and pinched the jugular vein with his mouth
dD9md TIL that The Goonies and Back To The Future took place on the exact same day
J16vk TIL that there is a toaster design from 73 years ago is way better than my current (and not cheap) toaster.
WkngA TIL nerve cell proteins can be genetically engineered & remotely controlled by radio waves and magnetic fields, by attaching them to an iron-storing protein called ferritin