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TIL that America founded the Iranian Nuclear program.

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jNpGR TIL the term "geek" was originally used to describe someone who was paid to bite the heads off of live chickens as a circus act.
Y7Ged TIL Wallace Shawn(Princess Bride, Toy Story, etc) began his acting career starring in an adaption of The Mandrake, a comedy written by Niccolo Machiavelli, the author of The Prince. Shawn translated the script to english himself
nerWo TIL: The National Park Service has an Investigative Services Branch which does the equivalent job of the FBI
16V94 TIL that the English pop group The Human League had 5 Billboard Top 40 hits, spanning two decades. I always thought they were an 80s one hit wonder.
Erlo TIL that the ruppell vulture is the highest flying bird, able to fly at 37,000ft