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TIL CIA’s official motto is “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

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jNKXn TIL: The Museum of Modern Art Hung a Matisse upside down and no one noticed for 47 days
Eg9J0 TIL The last two states to be added to the US were admitted in 1959, only 64 years ago. Many current members of congress were teenagers when the flag had 48 stars.
Ql9e TIL Benjamin Franklin thought the Bald Eagle was unfit to be a national symbol because it was “a Bird of bad moral character that does not get his Living honestly.”He felt the Turkey would be better because it was a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards
rRgKx TIL that in 1999, an improperly set up hot tub at a garden show in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, caused an outbreak of 206 cases of Legionnaire’s disease and 32 confirmed deaths
gMGn8 TIL Michael Jordan sued a local Chicago grocery store for using his name in a coupon for steak and was awarded $8.9 Million.