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TIL Already famous, Agatha Christie went on archaeological expeditions to Iraq and Syria. That experiences is reflected in novels such as Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Appointment with Death

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v7j7 TIL Mike Tyson became a boxer because a bully killed his pigeon.
5VKKP TIL that in 1989, a sudden invasion of medflies hit California. This invasion cost between 60 and 120 million USD in eradication efforts. A group called “The Breeders” claimed it was a deliberate attack by themselves in response to the governments decades long Malathion aerial sprays.
pWB4 TIL in the 1960s. The CIA created several fake cover-up companies to purchase Titanium from the Soviet Union. Titanium being a crucial element in the production of SR-71 Blackbirds. Subsequently helping Lockheed Martin’s Secret Black Project called “Skunk Works”. The SR-71 served from 1964 to 1998.
5YWok TIL: A renewable fuel energy scheme in Northern Ireland allowed businesses to profit from heating empty properties and cost the British Government £500m.
7rQvZ TIL Fragging was a deliberate attempt to kill unpopular officers by soldiers throwing their own grenade at them.