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TIL In 2006, The FBI planted an informant in a Southern California mosque who pretended to be a radical Muslim and the Muslims at the mosque reported him to the FBI.

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yPOa TIL that Ingo Potrykus, the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
pkd8 TIL that a 19th century governor of Greece introduced potatoes to the country. Initially, he tried giving seed potatoes to skeptical farmers. When this failed, he piled them in public under guard, convincing people of their value. They stole the potatoes and planted them.
x6yYo TIL There’s a $75k surgery to make you taller (info in comments)
dDM8K TIL: That there is a new U.S. government entity, ARO or Anomaly Resolution office, whose sole responsibility is to investigate credible sightings of UFOs, (unidentified flying objects)
p8oLN TIL: There is a published, peer reviewed article on iocaine powder, the famed and fictional poison from The Princess Bride