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TIL in 1990 the CIA imported over 1 ton of cocaine and sold it within the US, supposedly to gain the trust of a Colombian cartel. They obtained the cocaine from the Venezuelan ANTI narcotics chief.

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p8gpG TIL vanilla extract is required to be at least 35% alcohol
6EWdl TIL during a flight in 1987 a flight attendant shouted "We have a problem!" towards the captain, who then asked "What's the problem?". The attendant was then shot and killed... and a man walked into the cockpit and said "I'm the problem!". He then proceeded to crash the plane, killing 43 people.
4Q1X [TIL] Pregnancy Tests are one of the most shoplifted items in the U.S.
0wELv TIL Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet.
pb5b TIL that in 1978, current California congresswoman Jackie Speier, then a congressional aide to Leo Ryan, was shot 5 times in an ambush by supporters of Jim Jones while investigating human rights abuses at his Guyana compound, fleeing into the forest and waiting 22 hours before help arrived.