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TIL The luftwaffe planted buoys in the english channel for downed pilots to survive in, containing food, alcohol, clothing and games.

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eVXL TIL a Congressional investigation into the NSA conducted nearly 40 years ago revealed that the NSA has been routinely monitoring telephone conversations of American citizens since the early 1950’s.
aZo9 TIL that comedian Tommy Cooper had a heart attack during one of his TV shows, and the audience laughed as he died on stage because they thought it was part of his act
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