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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China

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W7eD4 TIL The Traitorous Eight left the employment of Nobel Prize Winner William Shockley due to his mismanagement and founded Fairchild Semiconductor. Companies such as AMD and Intel are know as the Fairchildren
VMwlp TIL Where the Wild Things Are was originally titled Where the Wild Horses Are. The title changed because the author, Maurice Sendak, didn't know how to draw horses. When asked by his editor what he could draw, he said "things" and "things" is what he drew.
4kvK5 TIL that during WWII, the British MI5 used a "double cross system" to turn German spies into double agents, misleading the Germans about the D-Day invasion's location and timing, which contributed significantly to its success.
xRGo TIL British intelligence once executed “operation cupcake” to hack an online al-Qaeda magazine, replacing bomb making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
XEQLE TIL the capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam. However, it is not the seat of government (Den Haag; The Hague) nor the capital of the province it's located in (Haarlem).