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TIL that nothing has happened at all in the five months since the CIA lied about and then admitted to hacking the computers of the U.S. Senate committee that was trying to provide oversight of them.

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e0QZL TIL that sea turtles basically cry salt (without the emotion). The sea turtles' tear gland evolved into a "salt gland" so that it could expel salt from its body, which is very important for reptilian sea creatures. The substance released is salty brine.
jNDGE TIL although Wayne’s World (1992) was released after Freddie Mercury died, he got to see the car headbanging scene featuring Bohemian Rhapsody shortly before he passed away on November 24, 1991. He loved it and foresaw how the use of the song would ignite a comeback for Queen in the United States.
Gyw5 TIL Tenzing Norgay left some chocolate at the top of Mt Everest when he climbed with Edmund Hillary. The chocolate was just eaten by some vandals in 2012.
7rvZ TIL one of the most dangerous books ever made, “Shadows From the Walls of Death,” simply contains samples of arsenic-infused wallpapers.
R5VE1 TIL Molly Gibson was an embryo for 28 years before being born in 2020 (frozen in 92)