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TIL Anderson Cooper spent two summers as an intern at the CIA

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8ad9L TIL: In JFK’s 1946 congressional race, his campaign hired a janitor named Joe Russo to run against him and Boston City Councillor Joe Russo to confuse voters and split the “Russo” vote.
KOxDw TIL that in 1196 AD, Al-Aziz Uthman, Saladin's son and the Sultan of Egypt, attempted to demolish the pyramids, starting with that of Menkaure. Workmen recruited to demolish the pyramid stayed at their job for eight months, but found it almost as expensive to destroy as to build. They mostly failed.
wXQ7 TIL a Google search for Festivus displays an aluminum pole next to the results list
OoYO6 TIL Like smallpox, Polio is on its way out with 22 cases worldwide in 2017
N7wWN TIL of Ahmed Shah Massoud, an Afghan guerrilla leader who warned the US of an imminent large-scale terrorist attack on their soil. He was assassinated by al-Qaeda two days before 9/11.