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

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DAEg TIL Americans and Europeans use their utensils differently because forks weren’t largely available to the British colonies until the 1750’s, so Americans had to use rounded table knives and spoons to eat, without stabbing their food.
Wnp8 TIL that Yisrael Kristal, due to being unable to do so at age 13 because of WW I, celebrated his bar mitzvah one hundred years later at age 113 in 2016.
4kryR TIL of Buford Pusser, the inspiration for the "Walking Tall" movies. As sheriff he waged a one-man war against the Dixie mafia in his small town. He survived multiple assassination attempts, including one which killed his wife. He eventually died in a one-person car accident at 36 years of age.
BrA9b TIL United States is one of 23 countries that still has a working telegram service.
kONj4 TIL after being married three times, Whoopi Goldberg said she realised "I don't want somebody in my house" and has been much happier single ever since.