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TIL that Australia has lost a war against Emus

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Z8awQ TIL that one of the current top US Tennis players is named Tennys, and is from Tennessee.
P17WG TIL that Hawaii is the only state within the U.S. that does not have a state police, state patrol, or highway patrol.
nwob TIL in a CIA program called “Operation Midnight Climax”, Prostitutes were enlisted by the CIA to lure men to ‘safehouses’ in San Francisco where they were administered LSD without their consent. CIA Agents would then watch them have sex with the prostitutes through 1-way mirrors.
jNO8j TIL that the seemingly altruistic “Keep America Beautiful” anti-littering campaign was actually started so companies like Coca Cola and Dixie could produce MORE waste, to prevent bans on single-use containers, and make Americans feel like trash was the burden of individuals, not corporations.
BPPK TIL that Ketchup, both the word and sauce, originate from China