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TIL that acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice.”

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awyaM TIL the Chicken Ranch was the Oldest Continually Operating Whorehouse in the United States when it closed in 1973. - During the Great Depression the "house of ill repute" offered time with a "lady of the evening" in exchange for a chicken. [The brothel was listed on the tax rolls as a poultry farm.]
oBmlY TIL that a Police Officer doesn't have to say they're a Cop if you ask. But it is illegal for an Officer to have you commit a crime that you wouldn't have already done on your own. So if you're ever unsure if someone is an Undercover Cop, just know this. The ringleader with the plan isn't a Cop...
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