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TIL the US once planned to stage acts of terrorism in the US and blame it on Cuba to provoke a war (Operation Northwoods)

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4kbVX TIL about the temple of Aphrodite Kallipygos" in ancient Syracuse, Sicily. Literally translating to Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks. There’s even a statue at the National Archeological Museum of Naples and another in the Jardin des Tuileries
9YrVB TIL of Matthew Hahn, a thief who stole a safe, cracked it open, and discovered pictures of the owner molesting a 2 year old. He then turned it in anonymously, and ended up getting sentenced to 14 years for unrelated crimes, the owner got sentenced to 30.
9wVN6 TIL about the Levon Affair, a false flag operation in Egypt committed by Israeli intelligence. The bombings were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood. Incriminating evidence was found in the apartment of one of the agents whose bomb prematurely ignited.
rRBAw TIL that Roger Moore, who played James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985, actually hated guns and the way society glorified the men who wielded them. Moore hated the publicity photos of himself posing with Bond's signature Walther PPK gun or any other firearm.
KYE1B Today I learned that if a man is truly interested in being with you, he will call, text and make plans to see you.