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TIL the U.S.A. installed nuclear powered undersea data cable taps to spy on the Soviet Union

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9wZw7 TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
11wd TIL a “rainmaker” was hired in 1916 to end a drought in San Diego. He was so successful he flooded the city, killing 50. Turns out he had likely developed an early form of cloud seeding.
OGMZR TIL the Pinkerton Detective Agency never went out of business and is still in operation today, now, as a division of Securitas.
QGXa TIL Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Lex Luthor in Superman: Flyby, a Superman reboot written by J.J. Abrams that was never made
a80xN TIL the SEC pays 10-30% of the fine to whistleblowers whose info leads to over $1m fines