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TIL about Operation Condor - an American and French funded right-wing terror operation that resulted in coups against and assassination and torture of left-wing sympathizers in South America between 1975 to 1983

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DQenD TIL Lucky Charms were invented by a General Mills employee who chopped Circus Peanut candies into a bowl of Cheerios
jyeQ TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was supposed to have an afro in Pulp Fiction. He was losing his hair so needed a wig. A PA went to get an Afro-style wig. The PA mistook the Afro for Jheri curls. Before they were able to return it, Jackson convinced Tarantino to keep it so he ended up wearing Jheri Curls.
ovBW TIL Stephen King Believed his popularity to be an accident, So King wrote under a pen name “Richard Bachman”. The books sold equally well, and King was outed. Happy birthday Stephen King!
e0Gpg TIL Debbie McKee-Fowler, the namesake and logo for Little Debbie dessert snacks, is still alive and currently serves as Executive Vice-President on the McKee Foods Board of Directors.
ddYB TIL politicians in ancient Rome kept slaves named “nomenclators”, whose sole job was to remind their masters of the names and pertinent details of all the different people they met.