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TIL Ted “The Unabomber” Kaczynski was a test subject for MK-ULTRA

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9wJj6 TIL that the US didn't have a unified intelligence agency until 1941, when Royal Navy Admiral John Godfrey, director of Naval Intelligence, met with President Roosevelt and urged its creation. Roosevelt agreed. Godfrey's assistant at the meeting was Lt. Cdr. Ian Fleming, who later wrote James Bond
e1wL TIL Queen Ants can live over 30 years, making them one of the longest living insects.
PYEQG TIL Loneliness and feeling unloved are twice as likely to kill you as being fat.
W7VVN TIL Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan and vegetarian than other Americans
oRNdA TIL. The Battle of Tanga also known as the battle of the bees, It is a failed attack on German East Africa by a british indian expeditionary force. The 98th infantry battalion were attacked by swarms of angry bees and broke up. The bees attacked both sides troops hence the name.