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TIL That throughout the Cold War, almost the entire CIA's Cuban network of spies, actually worked for Cuba as double agents.

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e0r0n TIL in Ancient Roman had a rather revealing "bikinis" that are very similar to the ones we use nowadays.
Y79gd TIL that the famous two-part, two-season episode of the Simpsons called Who Shot Mr. Burns is a parody of an episode of the soap opera Dallas called Who Shot J.R., which was also a two-part, two-season cliffhanger.
6EkmX TIL in Hinduism time is divided in 4 eras, the current era, Kali Yuga, is believed to be a age of sin and conflict in which it is predicted rulers will become unreasonable, the weather and enviroment will degrade, the rich will dominate the poor and many diseases will spread, it will end in 428,899
4XvLo TIL Of the Wanggongchang gunpowder factory explosion of 1626, in Beijing, China. It killed 20,000, and was heard 150km away. Victims were stripped of their clothing due to the force of the blast. The cause has never been determined.
4XPyg TIL Candy Land was invented to cheer up children living in polio wards. Polio paralyzed many of its victims and the game offered the illusion of movement. Allowing the sick children the loose themselves in the sweet imaginative world of the game.