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TIL the CIA website has a Kids’ Zone where kids can play spy based games including an aerial analysis game.

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7817b TIL about the London Beer Flood of 1814 that killed 8 people by a wall of porter released from a brewery tank failure.
KYYGw TIL that Japanese Casette Tape manufacturers adviced to use an ordinary pencil to wind the tape if necessary. But they never checked if pencils in other parts of the world where of the same thickness. They are not.
4Dew TIL an Italian brain surgeon had a heart attack in the middle of an operation. He powered through it when he realized his patient would never recover if he stopped.
E1JRo TIL that there were two witchcraft trials in Plymouth Colony 50 years before the Salem Trials. Unlike the later, more infamous trials, the accused were found Not Guilty and their accusers were fined for giving false statements
kJ1og TIL Blue whale poop is bright neon orange, from the shells of the krill the whales eat.