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TIL Hope Cook was an CIA agent who married a Maharaja in India to purportedly promoting American interests and opposing Sikkim's merger with India

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9YaQX TIL Ireland has the highest concentration of redheads per capita in the world, at 10%. The global average is 1-2%.
KOxGB TIL of a study to determine contamination levels for computer keyboards in the average office setting. One keyboard had to be removed after testing because it was found to be five times dirtier than a toilet seat, home to 150 times the acceptable limit of bacteria, and was a health risk to its user.
DZeD TIL Sir William Henry Bragg and his son, William Lawrence Bragg is the only father and son to share a Nobel Prize in physics.
W7B9 TIL the East German Secret Police would mess with targets psychologically by sending a vibrator to the targets spouse
QNbm6 TIL European beer steins with pewter lids originated during the 14th century Bubonic Plague to keep flies out of your drink.