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TIL The film version of George Orwell’s book Animal Farm was secretly funded by the CIA.

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1pyW TIL Anthony Kiedis once missed a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert because he was off scoring drugs, so Keith Morris filled in on vocals and just yelled and made up lyrics because he didn’t know any of the songs.
VP7G TIL that 96 health groups accepted money from CocaCola/Pepsi to tell us that soda does not lead to obesity and health problems.
neQxG TIL that England experiences large spikes in power demand during half-time at football games due to widespread use of electric kettles
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X0AW8 TIL Yasushi Takahashi left behind his girlfriend for six months to wander across Japan to create an epic marriage proposal. Carrying a GPS, Yassan covered 7,163.7 km mostly by walking, but with some use of a car, ferry and bicycle.