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TIL MI6 thought a report submitted by a false agent regarding the Iraqi Chemical Weapons Program was legitimate, until they realized it bore a striking resemblance to aspects of the movie "The Rock"

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oRNWY TIL Maitotoxin-1 is an extremely powerful and potent biotoxin produced by the dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus toxicus. It has a LD50 of 130ng/kg in mice and it produces one of the most complex and largest non-protein and non-polysaccharide molecules by organisms.
wLZko TIL the espresso martini was invented when a young woman asked a famous London bartender for a drink that would "Wake me up, then fuck me up."
e0yon TIL that Palm oil producers are wiping out orangutans – despite multinationals’ promises
e0Z0g TIL Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumored to have been a favorite of Hitler. After the Battle of Berlin he was captured by the British and given to the Soviets. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.
Lpv TIL That men do NOT think about sex every seven seconds. In fact, it is impossible to accurately measure how often anyone thinks about anything.