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TIL In the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency launched Project FF (“Fat Fucker”) to pressure King Farouk of Egypt into implementing political reforms to prevent a possible communist takeover. When Farouk refused to change, the project shifted toward supporting efforts to overthrow him in 1952.

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