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TIL The CIA spent $15 million and 5 years developing a robotic kitty that they could use to spy on the Soviets. A few minutes after being released, the kitty was run over by a cab.

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9YN8B TIL Stan Lee’s job classification in the American military during WWII was ‘playwright’. He didn’t find this out until he was discharged.
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