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TIL that the actress who played Zenon was arrested and charged over a DUI.

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Jvlk TIL that in the 1950’s the CIA began Operation Mockingbird. The operation was to influence and manipulate the media towards their political and social views. They recruited thousands of American journalists and funded student organizations and magazine fronts to channel their views through.
9Y6D7 TIL that William Burke, who killed with his partner 16 persons and sold their bodies for use as specimens in anatomy classes of Edinburgh Medical School, was hanged and his corpse was publicly dissected and preserved in the anatomical museum of the same school.
GonQ TIL that there exists a car that can go 280 mpg. It is made by Volkswagen and is currently in production.
4kdQN TIL Wisconsin produces more cheese than Italy
GAwK7 TIL that the 1969 Beach Boys album 20/20 featured creative contributions from four people convicted of murder (three of them following the release of the album)