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TIL that German toilets are specially made so the Germans can inspect their poop after pooping

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aRay TIL That a 1956 report on the CIA’s covert activities found that the CIA was influencing foreign elections as part of their Cold War operations. The report also concluded that the CIA was exerting “almost unilateral” control on US foreign policy.
bQL7 TIL of Li-Fi, a potential replacement for Wi-Fi that has reached transmission speeds of up to 200 gigabits per second.
8eQJV TIL of Stanley Adams who became a whistleblower against Hoffmann-LaRoche in 1973. His name leaked, and was sued for industrial espionage facing 20 years in prison (serving only 6 months). During the trial his wife commited suicide. In 1994 he was caught hiring an assassin to murder his second wife
bWOQ TIL that scientists have never found a single incident of cancer in naked mole rats — which live upwards of 30 years — making them an important model for finding ways to fight the disease.
wLZ8 TIL: women started shaving their legs during WW2, not because it was “the norm” or for hygiene reasons, but because of a nylon shortage.