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TIL private citizens lived in the CIA headquarters campus until 1986

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b077 TIL in June 1984 the prime minister of New Zealand, Robert Muldoon, drunkenly announced on national television that a snap election was to be held in a month’s time. With 93.7% of voters turning out for the election, he lost. The occasion is sometimes remembered as the ‘Schnapps election’.
dME7 TIL- When cranes (the bird) sleep, one bird acts as a sentry. The sentry holds stone in its claw so that if it falls asleep the stone will drop the stone and the sentry will wake.
P1JkG TIL that a $100K Peter Thiel Fellowship recipient led to the creation of Ethereum, which has a market cap north of $250B in 2024
yQOa8 TIL that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Guitarist for Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers is a ballistic missile expert that contracts with the DoD.
yVyGe TIL that those that use NAC regularly are regularly blocking about 20 percent of their DAO enzyme. DAO is a enzyme responsible for disposing of histamine in the blood. Supplementation of DAO would be beneficial for those who use NAC.