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TIL the Dalai Lama was on the CIA payroll ($180k/yr) from the late 1950’s to 1974.

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6EJKW TIL that the lookout who first spotted the iceberg that sank the Titanic survived the sinking and went on to serve in the merchant navy in WWI and WWII. Shortly after Christmas in 1964, at the age of 77, his wife died, he was evicted from his house and he hanged himself.
VB5pQ TIL Robert Englund, best known for playing Freddy Kruger, auditioned for the role of Han Solo, and after being turned down, recommend Mark Hamill to play Luke.
E1JWW TIL: Anti-communist South Vietnam used a song written by a communist as their national anthem without his permission
l5yB TIL Michigan has a second-tier DUI law, known as the ‘Super Drunk Law’, for BACs over 0.17.
N79yM TIL - All human infants, male and female, are born capable of producing breast milk. In fact, due to left over endocrine and hormone influences of the pregnant mother, some infants of both sexes lactate in their first few days of life. This is colloquially called "Witch's Milk."