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TIL Dolly Parton entered a lookalike contest and lost!

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0nXM TIL there was a Russian guy who would dig up young girls’ graves, mummify bodies, and dress them up at his home. His parents thought they were just plain dolls.
8ajYL TIL: In 2003, the Pentagon ran a "terror futures bet exchange" allowing terror experts to bet on future assassinations or terror attacks
VrOm TIL that the US Pentagon will fund Hollywood movies that portray the military in a positive light.
BroDW TIL in 2016 when Kyrgyzstan sought to amend their constitution, they couldn't find their official copy of it
DQY0V TIL Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States and the face of the US $100 bill, was the first person to write about tofu in English.