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TIL in 1962, the CIA stole an abandoned Soviet polar listening station. 2 agents were dropped to retrieve equipments and were later fished out from the site using a sky hook attached to a B-17 bomber.

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wL0X1 TIL that the Ethiopia uses the Coptic Calendar which is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian Calendar, meaning it is currently 2012.
yD4a TIL Shirley Temple’s daughter Lori was the bassist in Grunge originator’s the Melvins.
5b08 TIL that a homeless heroin addict, James Bowen, got clean with the help of a stray cat, Bob, whom he found injured in 2007. James wrote a best-selling book, and in 2016 a movie was released starring Bob as himself.
GBWj TIL it’s possible to become the president of the United States with only 22% of the popular vote
kOZZE TIL of the Karen people, an "ethnolinguistic group" of millions, living in Myanmar, Thailand, and other Asian countries. They speak diverse Karen languages and some have been at war with the Burmese government for nearly 70 years.