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TIL that unlike James Bond, real MI6 agents don’t need a license to kill because everything they do outside the UK is already illegal. The UK spy agency makes Bond-like gadgets for operatives but, as one said after retiring, they “frequently fail to work upon arrival at our destination”.

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epKED TIL that the condor cluster is a U.S. army supercomputer made up of 1760 PlayStation 3s from 2010
a89jL TIL Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body, the remains of both he and his mother were exhumed and reburied at his former home, Graceland.
GAlKj TIL there are green bugs
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