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TIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectly

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0wQBL TIL Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes are essentially the same thing. They have different names because each of them occurs in a specific oceanic location on Earth.
aNmZ TIL that a big part of Japanese school lunches is teaching schoolchildren food nutrition and are prepared with local produce, supporting local farmers. Famous chefs are also roped in to prepare special lunches to get feedbacks from children on what to improve on cooking for picky eaters.
0mZp TIL 1 GB of storage was $300,000 in 1981, now it can be found for as cheap as $0.10
w1BJ TIL Pokemon was banned in Turkey, because two children tried to imitate their favorite Pokemon and fly
Br0Dx TIL Mercer Island is an Island in Lake Washington near Seattle. It is the most populated island in a lake within the United States.