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TIL in 1977, William Kampiles stole a top-secret KH-11 spy satellite manual from the CIA which he sold to the Russians for $3000. He then told the CIA for who he worked what he had done in the hopes that they would hire him as a double agent. They didn’t and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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6ELbw TIL the population of the Dusky seaside sparrow was devastated by intentional flooding of Merritt Island to reduce mosquito populations around the Kennedy Space Center. The last known sparrow died in July 1987 at Disney's Discovery Island.
0dRKR TIL Japan is the only country in the world to use 100v AC, and that the frequency varies (50hz in the east, 60hz in the west) because they bought equipment from two different manufacturers/countries
nWeGb TIL that the #1 leading cause of death for a pregnant woman in the United States is homicide.
v84 TIL two girls in 1950’s New Zealand fell in love, but were separated by their parents for fear that they were homosexuals. Their solution? Kill their mom.
xoZo TIL that slave labor was used to build the White House