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TIL that to try to convince Indonesian President Sukarno to ally with the US, the CIA made a fake pornographic film featuring a look-a-like in an attempt at blackmail. To produce the film, the agency enlisted the help of Bing Crosby, one of the most popular singers in the world at the time

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8aOPX TIL that Scatman John had a lifelong stutter and he wrote his eponymous song as a message to other people who stuttered
E1Lx7 TIL in 1971, the first person to successfully escape America’s first “SUPERMAX” prison said he did it to bring attention to his water desalination research
gM7O8 TIL that in Korea, your age corresponds to the year, not when you came out of the womb. Everyone is 1 years old when they are born, and everyone age's up on the 1st of January. Making everyone's "birthday" effectively the 1st of January. This is separated from their "international age".
R7MMj TIL Major Harold Hering was discharged from the Air Force for asking the question "How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?"
4kAN6 TIL when dinosaurs roamed Earth, there were active volcanoes on the moon