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TIL the Dutch secret service set up a fake communist party in 1968 to spy on the Chinese government

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X09ej TIL The Popeyes restaurant chain claims it is actually named after Gene Hackman’s character, Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, in the film “The French Connection,” which was released the year before the chain opened in 1972. The chain did later license the characters from Popeye the Sailor comics in the 2000s.
KORV6 TIL in 2013, a wild male tiger walked right up to a tiger enclosure at a zoo in India. Attracted by a captive female, the zookeepers let him in through a door in the enclosure. He stayed for a month, then escaped by jumping the fence, then returned a few weeks later.
Z81Qa TIL Following the first successful powered flight in 1903, the Wright Brothers took their invention to a cautious War Department, who were skeptical due to past false claims. Incensed that their good word was not accepted, and worried about weak patent laws, the Wrights hid their invention away.
XEnMD TIL the screaming guy in the song "big enough" is Jimmy Barnes, Australian rockstar and former lead singer of the Australian rock band "Cold Chissel"
R5RG8 TIL a superiority complex is a psychological defense mechanism that develops over time to help a person cope with feelings of inferiority