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TIL the CIA ran Project Fat Fucker in 1952, which resulted in the overthrow of the Egyptian government

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d8Jl8 TIL that Thomas Edison produced a film called Fred Ott’s Sneeze, a 5 second film where Fred Ott, one of Edison’s assistants, sneezes. It is the oldest surviving film with a copyright.
neAXo TIL a young Frank Sinatra tried to get out of his contract with bandleader Tommy Dorsey. When Dorsey refused Sinatra’s offer of $60,000, mobster Willie Moretti allegedly threatened Dorsey. Afterwards, Dorsey let Sinatra out of his contract for $1.
N7Ome TIL that the parachute was invented before the airplane
LGVp TIL 45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given up on the idea of having children because of crowding and high housing costs. In another survey 38% of men and 31% of women simply said they didn’t like kids
JrEm TIL a nurse in Florida reported seeing the 9/11 hijackers in the hospital she worked at. She reported this to the FBI and was subsequently fired from her job.