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TIL that the Malaysian ID card not only functions as a form of identity, but also as one’s driver’s license, an ATM card, an electronic purse, and a public key, among other applications

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xVb55 TIL of Jack Barsky, a former KGB spy who was sent to work undercover in the USA. He quit his profession by lying to his handlers that he had AIDS. They cut him off as they were afraid of STDs spreading in the Soviet Union. Barsky never returned to Russia.
Aykg TIL in 1945, Army photography David Conover saw a young woman on the Radioplane assembly line whom he thought had potential as a model. He photographed her working on the OQ-3 model, which led to a screen test for the woman, who soon changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
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