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TIL that hundreds of US agents during the cold war were caught due to their fake soviet passports. It was later discovered that it was due to the stainless-steel staples used in these forged passports, unlike the soviet ones which corroded very easily.

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owVA [TIL] the Mongol Empire installed empire-wide messenger/postal stations 15-40 miles apart, stocked with food and fresh mounts that required passports for use, allowing for communication over the largest empire in history
bOpp TIL Oral Roberts claimed he had a vision of a giant Jesus telling him to build a hospital. When the hospital was losing $10 million/year, Roberts claimed he had another vision from giant Jesus threatened to kill him if he didn’t raise $8 million. The hospital went bankrupt being $25 million in debt.
d5dj TIL there is a region called the Eridanus Supervoid which is a cold spot ~5 degrees above absolute zero and has been theorized to be an imprint of a parallel universe.
R5DW4 TIL retired US Army officer Moses West is deploying atmospheric water generators to provide clean water in areas where it is needed most. He is literally pulling water from thin air.
8eBKX TIL: A political decoy is a person employed to draw attention away from a politician and to take risks on that their behalf.