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TIL Truth serum is real and considered torture

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1GEX TIL that Ed Zahn accidentally aged a block of cheddar cheese for 40 years.
GYnOG TIL That Snoopy is NASA's official safety mascot. Every astronaut since 1968 has worn a silver Snoopy pin into space; upon return, the astronauts present the pin as a special recognition to a civilian team member who helped keep them safe.
a890L TIL about the short reign of King Zog I of Albania. Zog was an Albanian dictator who proclaimed himself king in 1928. He smoked 200 cigarettes a day and survived 55 assassination attempts. Within 10 years he took on so much debt that Italy eventually annexed the country and forced him out.
x6mn7 TIL James Cameron insisted on casting Tom Arnold in True Lies, and even threatened executives to take the movie to another studio in order to get him the part
mxGpO TIL The U.S Approved a Plan to Build the Nation’s Largest Solar Project in the Desert by 2022