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TIL that a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it

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E1K6P TIL monks in Westminster Abbey would eat 6,000 calories a day normally and 4,500 a day when "fasting". They drank a gallon of beer and 10 oz of wine and ate 2.25 lbs of bread, 5 eggs, and 2 lbs of meat or fish a day. Many monks became obese and suffered related conditions.
LmmZ TIL that Vladimir the Great chose to convert to Christianity instead of Islam, mainly because Islam doesn’t allow alcoholic consumption. He remarked “Drinking is the joy of all Rus’. We cannot exist without that pleasure.”
wL1rW TIL in the 1930s, bridge construction projects expected one fatality for every $1 million in cost. So, the Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge enacted the most stringent safety measures in history. He even formulated diets to help fight dizziness and sauerkraut juice “cures” for hangovers.
m1pxP TIL that sudden heart attacks in young people are seven times more common among people who previously attempted suicide
EgyQX TIL that King Baudouin of Belgium was declared 'unable to reign' for one day only at his own request, so that he didn't have to give his Royal Assent to a law.