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TIL the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don't write names on the cups.

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kY7B TIL: That one UK citizen a week changes their middle name to “danger” via Deed Poll.
XEQ9D TIL in spite of rumours of their enemity, Salieri and Mozart composed together a four-minute piece of music, that was considered lost until a copy was found in 2015
4Xj7b TIL of Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish soldier shipwrecked in Mexico and taken captive by local Maya. By the time Cortés arrived, he had become a Maya war captain, was married to his Lord's daughter, and fathered the first Mestizo children. He led local Maya resistance until his death in 1532.
JY6Kv TIL steam is an invisible gas. If you can see it, it’s not steam, it is condensation.
v1xZr TIL there is a museum in Japan that showcases various uniquely shaped naturally formed rocks with faces on them.