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TIL that to train new operatives during the Cold War, the Soviets built fully functional replicas of American towns. Their residents consisted of retired deep cover operatives who taught the trainees everything they needed to know about blending into American life.

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7n4r TIL of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, a group that “supports human extinction primarily because… it would prevent environmental degradation.”
VMRP8 TIL the Lincoln Memorial was almost a giant pyramid. During the planning process for the memorial various designs were considered and rejected. One design would have had the memorial built inside of a giant Egyptian style pyramid.
EGOW TIL The keys to the holiest site in Christianity are held by a Muslim family that opens the church every morning. This was meant to keep the peace between the religions and has been in place since 1187 ce.
1j54 TIL that smartphones are capable of receiving FM radio signals, but phone/wireless companies deny that consumer demand is strong enough to justify activating it
GYoeN TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.