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TIL Albert Brooks changed his name. His original name? Albert Einstein.

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JYdgk TIL of Operation Snow White: a Scientology project of infiltration & theft from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies, and consulates in more than 30 countries. The largest infiltration of the US government in history, with up to 5,000 covert agents.
m1W8Y TIL in 2012, the remainder of the Wilhelm Unger Games in Germany were cancelled after a referee was running to measure the distance of a javelin throw while it was still in the air and was struck in the face and throat by it. The referee died after being taken to the hospital.
KY9EB TIL The Last Widow of a Civil War Veteran died in 2020
JmNk TIL That the X-Files related “Scully Effect” is actually an entirely unproven effect with no scientific sources supporting its cultural significance other than anecdotal stories.
J1Nm8 TIL bees can be trained to smell landmines and other explosives by sticking out their proboscises.