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TIL that the CIA paid Vietnam War spies by ordering them items from the Sears catalog because the spies operated in areas that had a barter economy and didn't rely on cash

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694RW TIL that a Beatles knockoff, Los Shakers, were one of the most successful and influential bands of the 1960s in Argentina and Uruguay. The band imitated the Beatles’ looks, music, changed genres as the Beatles did, spearheaded the “Uruguayan invasion”, and even sang mostly in English
pYGy8 TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train and modify a cat to be a spy only to have it get run over on its first mission.
jALN TIL Roller Coaster tycoon was programmed by one guy. In Assembly.
XEgNr Today I Learned that Freddie Mercury created songs 'till the day of his death though he knew that he will die. This is a song that he sang even not a week before his death.
W7vYB TIL that Air Force One has taken off more times than it has landed due to a call sign change when Nixon resigned