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TIL Shirley Temple stopped believing in Santa when she visited a mall Santa and he asked for her autograph

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loRg7 TIL Mike Tyson once walked in on Brad Pitt sleeping with his wife. (Tyson and his wife were filing for divorce at the time, but apparently Pitt looked up and said "dude, don't strike me!").
8BPG TIL that in 1970 the CIA sent an officer to Uruguay to teach their government torture techniques and methods to suppress the population. He was captured by the rebels and killed. One of the leaders of those rebels is now the president of Uruguay.
kJwW7 TIL there was a Call of Duty game for the PS2
loYn5 TIL in 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which prohibited newspapers from publishing "false, scandalous, or malicious writing" against the government, including any public opposition to any law or presidential act. This act was in effect until 1801.
xgbg TIL there’s a day called “Ed Balls day”, celebrating when british politician Ed Balls accidentally entered his intended search term in the wrong box on Twitter, and ended up sending a tweet saying “Ed Balls”. On its anniversary, each 28 April, followers retweet his original message.