Post * awE19 — Curious Curator

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TIL authorities use accidentally and/or criminally leaked data to track down tax evaders

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KZG4 TIL that Winston Churchill had a plan called “Operation Unthinkable” to invade the Soviet Union in a surprise attack immediately after the end of WWII. His plan was finally shot down when it was learned that the Soviet troops remaining outnumbered allied troops 3:1.

loYJ1 TIL that 7ft tall people are so rare that if you know an American man between 20 & 40 who is 7ft tall, there's a 17% chance he's in the NBA

M77jB TIL that the CIA's analysis of Osama bin Laden's PC found a “fairly extensive” hentai collection, a Steam account with Counter-Strike, FFVII, and Animal Crossing, as well as 28 crochet tutorial videos among 174GB of mostly-western entertainment

X0Z8Q TIL the deepest humans have ever drilled into the earth is 12,262 meters

nW7RG Today I learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not established regulatory limits for heavy metals in finished food products other than bottled water.