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TIL The Chinese government killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 C.I.A sources from 2010 through 2012 crippling US spying operations in China.

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Oo0Ve TIL in 2010, a Japanese chef from Nagoya, Japan was crowned World Champion for having the best pizza in the world, topping 150 chefs from other countries, including Italy.
oRWxK TIL that John A Phillips, in 1976, when he was a student at Princeton, made an essay about a model of a nuclear bomb he designed. This bomb would cost only 2000$ to build, so the fbi confiscated his essay. He was the only One of the class Who managed to get an A.
xwpo TIL of William and Francis Buckland, eccentric father and son scientists who both developed the desire to consume as many different animals as possible. It is believed William Buckland also ate the heart of King Louis XIV. Charles Darwin called him a “vulgar and almost coarse man”
MeBw7 TIL that no one can agree on what killed George Washington, but that he definitely lost about 40% of his blood during his final day from bloodletting.
ANKn TIL a Dad ran into the 400m semifinals of an olympic race to help his son finish after he pulled his hamstring.