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TIL In 1967 Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees. He played 8 of the 29 dates, then flipped off the audience, threw down his guitar, and walked off.

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4Xn95 TIL Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska was instrumental in the release of the Pentagon Papers, using his seat on an obscure committee to force the Papers into Congressional record
4kpA6 TIL a serial pooper has been targeting golf course for over 10 years and has never been caught
e0J6L TIL there is a raccoon problem in Japan, they were introduced as pets, but people kept releasing them.
neV6B TIL in an 8-hour workday, the average worker is productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes.
loMRA TIL that during the Cold War, the CIA could identify KGB cars in the Soviet Union because they used windscreen wipers compared to the rest of the public who didn’t. The KGB continued to use windscreen wipers to maintain a visual on their targets. Especially during bad weather. Link P219