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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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E1ZaP TIL that rechargeable electric cars existed and were quite popular in the late 1800’s. Worldwide discoveries of large petroleum reserves and road infrastructure that required longer driving time led to their decline.
N7jaJ TIL In The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), at the end of the movie, Will Smith, who plays Chris Gardner, walks past the actual Chris Gardner whose life the movie is based on.
Y7kod TIL The average male height in the Netherlands is 6ft 1/2" (183.8cm).
1aAW TIL that Charles XII of Sweden and his cousin once got a bear so drunk it fell out from a window and died.
4eJN TIL America’s first female self-made millionaire was a black woman