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TIL that in the 1970s, the CIA used a robotic cat named "Acoustic Kitty" in an attempt to spy on the Soviets

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KYMV9 TIL that the last queen of Madagascar befriended a French magician who was secretly employed as a spy. While performing in her court, he aided the French conquest of her nation.
R7E18 TIL about Max Brod who was named by Kafka as his literary executor and instructed to burn his unpublished work upon his death. Instead, he ended up publishing all of Kafka's work.
4k4w5 TIL that an average cloud weighs around 551 tons (or 1.1 million pounds)
1Ko8 TIL H. L. Mencken when writing about the US Presidency predicted that “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
ANZWB TIL Ancient mummified forests in Canada's Quttinirpaaq National Park were discovered in 2010. Located at the northern tip of Canada in the arctic on an island only a little smaller than Great Britain, this park is accessible by ship from $13,300 USD