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TIL in 1971 a group of activists broke into an FBI office in Delaware and got away with 1000 secret documents. The plan was to do the heist during "the match of the century" between Ali and Frazer, predicting that security would be glued to their tv's for the match, and thus distracted

lo9p7 TIL that the name "Master Shifu" - of Kung Fu Panda fame - actually means "Master Master."
LQpev TIL that the red shapes in the Frisian Flag are actually water-lily leaves
Oow17 TIL no law has been passed officially making the Union Jack the national flag of the United Kingdom.
PY7VG TIL that the Marshall Mathers LP Was Initially Titled 'Amsterdam.'
DQNJY TIL that the death rate for RAF bomber crews during WW2 was nearly 50%