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TIL that the British Secret Service (James Bond’s employer) really can issue a “license to kill”. It’s called a Class Seven authorization, and must be approved by the MI6 agent’s superiors all the way up to the Foreign Minister.

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mxwy TIL that in 1909 the presidential salary was $75,000. Adjusting for inflation, that’s about $1.7 million, or more than four times the current presidential pay of $400,000.
1B1r TIL The first Native American who met the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony walked into their encampment and greeted them in English.
W7jNB TIL that Dr. Grover Krantz, the first serious academic to study the existence of Sasquatch, has his skeleton, along with that of his Irish Wolf Hound, on display at the Smithsonian.
apBL TIL American forces leveled much of the ancient city of Babylon during the Iraq war in order to build helipads and heavy vehicle parking lots.
7kQP TIL The basal epidermal cells of the human foreskin contain estrogen receptors, whose purpose is not yet fully understood and requires further study