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TIL I learned about the Pentagon's "Cafe Ground Zero." A hot dog stand in the middle of the pentagon that the Soviets believed housed the most top secret meeting room because satellite images showed U.S. military officers entering and exiting the hot dog stand at the same time every day.

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