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TIL that there was a test several years ago where 70 undercover agents tried to sneak bombs or guns through US airport security; 67 succeeded

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5jP9 TIL while giving a speech in the US in 1965, the Canadian PM criticized US bombing in Vietnam. Before he finished his speech, he was summoned to meet with US President Lyndon Johnson the next day. Johnson reportedly grabbed him and shouted, “Don’t you come into my living room and piss on my rug.”
rN1oy TIL That the TOR Network was created by the United States Naval Research Laboratory to protect American Intelligence communications.
lDZ1 TIL that China produces 73% of all of the world’s watermelons, and 17.5 times more than the next most productive country, Turkey.
Y7kO7 TIL until now only two women mathematicians were awarded the prestigious Fields medal. The first woman to win the medal was Maryam Mirzakhani from Iran and the second woman was Maryna Viazovska from Ukraine
nWLbo TIL orcas can hunt great white sharks