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TIL in Norway, 'Odd', and 'Even' are common male first names. It is not unusual for a man to be named Odd-Even

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bOlj TIL: That the CIA captured random American citizens, tortured them, tested on them, and more, all illegally.
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PYodL TIL on the evening of July 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy joked he wanted to smoke cannabis; so his mistress later brought him six joints to the White House. After three joints he felt no effects, but then closed his eyes and refused a fourth. "Suppose the Russians did something now," he said.
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