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TIL the Pentagon has worked behind the scenes on over 800 major movies and more than 1,000 TV titles. If there are characters, action or dialogue that the DOD don’t approve of, a film-maker who uses military equipment has to make changes to accommodate the military’s demands.

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neJbY TIL The Beatles played their first and only show in Florida on this date in 1964 at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. The audience was supposed to have been segregated so The Beatles refused to play until they were assured the crowd would be mixed
WkenN TIL "Nut" in Honey Nut Cheerios refers to the almond flavor
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gjoD TIL COINTELPRO was a series of covert, and at times illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations.