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TIL that the CIA made an Osama bin Laden action figure that looks like a 'Star Wars' villain to send to Pakistani and Afghani kids, because "it would help find Bin Laden"

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eppLJ TIL that "American cheese" is a combination of cheddar, Colby, washed curd, or granular cheeses. By federal law, it must be labeled "process American cheese" if made of more than one cheese or "process American cheese food" if it's at least 51% cheese but contains other specific dairy ingredients.
R58o8 TIL The creator of Barbie and the creator of Hot Wheels were married.
VMZP8 TIL the brains of people under the influence of LSD and the brains of babies resemble each other
4XXP6 TIL that Spanish news conglomerate Univision owns The Onion
GYZ1 TIL That out of 421 US representatives, only 1 voted against the use of retaliatory force after the attacks of September 11th. Barbara Lee.