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TIL Sacha Baron Cohen most likely uncovered a pedophile ring in Las Vegas, but the FBI declined to investigate

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AQEo TIL that the main gas companies today (Exxon, Chevrvon, and Conocco Phillips) all came from the break up of Standard Oil.
QOZL TIL that when a hamster wheel is placed outside wild mice will come run on it.
6E6Wm TIL US President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally ordered the first democratically elected leader of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, to be assassinated by poisoning his toothpaste.
nJ1b TIL that The Great Lakes are 21% of the worlds fresh water supply and that Ontario Power Generation is planning to bury radioactive nuclear waste one mile away.
kOmwW TIL about Anna Ladd, an American artist who, while living in France following WW 1, created hand painted copper masks for disfigured soldiers. This allowed soldiers who were despondent to become more comfortable with their appearance.