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TIL after George Orwell’s death, the CIA secretly bought the rights to 1984 and Animal Farm and clandestinely produced the first film version of 1984 and the critically acclaimed animated film version of Animal Farm.

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67aQ TIL that originally Mr. T’s gold chains came from customers at the night club where he worked. People had either lost them or left them behind after a fight.
E1vnP TIL there is a law in California that if you work for an employer that has more than 50 employees and provides subsidized parking you can opt out of your space for the cash equivalent. A 1992 study showed this cash equivilant ranged from $36/mo to $165/mo pre-tax.
NjaQ TIL 196 troops, 14 truckloads of water, a mobile surgical unit, 45 military vehicles, and 3 tons of purified water were sent by Mexico as aid after Hurricane Katrina
Z80vp TIL that an Australian bird, called the rainbow lorikeet, routinely gets drunk from spring to summer. The small birds drink the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree. When intoxicated these birds make loud drunken noises which many people find bothersome.
5YLdk TIL of a parasitic fungus that turns ants into 'zombies'