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TIL that Charles Hernu, the French defence minister who ordered the bombing of the Greenpeach ship 'Rainbow Warrior' in 1985, was a KGB agent.

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N7KM TIL Lyndon B. Johnson once urinated on a secret serviceman who was shielding him from public view just because he was the president and he could.
RQd4 TIL if an aircraft is hijacked and forced to land at an airport, the pilot leaves the flaps of the aircraft down after landing as a covert visual cue to alert the control tower of a hijacking.
yQJQv TIL chronic dehydration can cause respiratory problems.
R5gPj TIL I learned test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston did a barrel roll of a prototype Boeing 707 - unauthorized - in front of a crowd of 250,000 people at the 1955 Sea Fair hydroplane races. He flew the plane upside down, and then did a final barrel roll. He was not fired the next day, but it was close.