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TIL a Lenin statue in Ukraine was turned into Darth Vader because of decommunization laws.

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vGVx TIL the CIA was responsible for overthrowing the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953.
XErwQ TIL of submarine Commander Eugene Fluckey, credited with the most tonnage sunk in WWII, incl. a Carrier and leading men on land to blow up a train. He got 4 Navy Crosses, the Medal of Honor, his boat got several Presidential Unit citations and not one of his men got a Purple Heart.
0wVQ1 TIL that corporations such as Wal-Mart, P&G, Hershey's all take what is called corporate-owned life insurance otherwise known as "dead peasant insurance" on their employees to hedge against the financial cost of losing key employees to unexpected death
XExZR TIL of Friedrich Kellner’s diary titled “My Opposition”, consisting of 10 volumes, 861 pages, and 676 individually dated entries from September 1939 to May 1945. His diary offers a glimpse at what an average German citizen might’ve known of during the height of Nazi Germany’s power.
L8Mr TIL Nicolas Cage turned down a lead role in the Lord of the Rings franchise.