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TIL that the Church of Scientology had a prolific espionage group called the "Guardian's Office" that was dedicated to infiltrating the United States government to steal or destroy confidential records and spread propaganda.

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l7XjN TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked Sylvester Stallone into making "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" by pretending that he was interested in making the movie. Schwarzenegger knew the movie would flop and wanted to set up his rival to fail.
VMYwQ TIL a 2011 investigation found Disney’s best-selling “Cars” toys were being made in a factory in China that used child labour and forced staff to do three times the amount of overtime allowed by law
ADgmw TIL of Operation Foxley - an Allied plan to assassinate Hitler. It wasn't put into place because Hitler proved to be such a terrible strategist that the Allies decided the war would be over sooner with him in charge.
AN5l TIL the phrase “raining cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
VnvG TIL that one window washer around the world falls to his/her death every day