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TIL That the precursor to the CIA published a field manual for regular people in Occupied Europe to resist the Nazis at their regular jobs

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XkE TIL there are seven naked ladies on the poster of Silence of the Lambs
awVO0 TIL the idea that carrots promote better vision was a misinformation campaign by the British during WWII. They were the first to use onboard radar technology to shoot down enemy plains in complete darkness. They spread the idea that carrots gave their soldiers "night vision" to hide the tech.
GAZoG TIL that there's been a dramatic rise in babies born with syphilis, and that 40% of them die.
W70ML TIL Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school.
79oP TIL The U.S. Air Force refused to cooperate with the production of the movie Iron Eagle since it involved the theft of an aircraft for a rogue mission against a middle eastern nation. The Israeli Air Force supplied all the aircraft for the movie.