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TIL Anderson Cooper was a college intern at the CIA

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R5eN9 TIL that Disney once tried to open a park that would allow guests to "feel what it was like to be a slave." It was a disaster.
OGlog TIL of the Cypress of Kashmar, a 1450 y.o. giant Cypress tree said to have been planted by the Prophet Zoroaster in Iran. Despite prophecy warning against it, it was chopped down by the Caliph because he did not want to travel so far to see it. The Caliph was murdered soon after.
mxBKY TIL: In 49 states, inmates are charged for the costs of their own incarceration.
7jYL TIL In 1889 a lion escaped from a traveling show in Birmingham and ran into the sewers. When an angry mob formed, Frank Bostock, the owner secretly snuck another lion out the back. He then returned with the lion clearly visible and was hailed a hero. The escaped lion was still in the sewers.
YpWad TIL: From 1926 until 1962 the American Public Health Association recommended that indoor swimming pools used by men adopt nude bathing policies and that indoor swimming pools used by women require swimsuits "of the simplest type"