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TIL One of the first recorded applications for a closed circuit television system (CCTV) was back in 1942 in Nazi Germany, where it was used to monitor the launch of V2 rockets.

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lxP5 TIL A former Israeli nuclear technician revealed details of Israel’s nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by a Mossad agent, where he was drugged and abducted by Israeli intelligence agents.
Yr5v TIL of Manfred Ramminger. A KGB Agent who walked into a Nato base, stole a Sidewinder missle, loaded it into his mercedes, drove it home and than shipped it by Mail to Moscow
Y7mbd TIL Lake Baikal is the deepest (1642 metres / 5387 ft), the oldest (25–30 million years) and the largest lake by volume (23,615.39 km3 / 5,670 cu mi). It holds 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water
5WP TIL Chinese companies hire white people to give the impression they are “international”
Vg74 TIL that only 171,300 tonnes of gold has ever been mined in human history (by comparison, The United States gets 5.6 million tonnes of aluminium a year alone) and that 85% of all gold ever found is still used.