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TIL Willie Nelson smoked a joint on the rooftop of the White House as Secret Service looked on.

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Egd70 TIL Mao Zedong's successor Hua Guofeng tried to set up his personality cult. New songs and dances in praise of Chairman Hua were performed and a national campaign saturated China with posters showing Hua sitting with Mao. Hua even altered his appearance and calligraphy to resemble Mao
nPvG TIL that Google is under investigation in France for “aggravated financial fraud and organised money laundering” of €1,600,000,000.
xVZ81 TIL that US Presidential candidates get intelligence briefings. Harry Truman began this practice in 1952 as a reaction to his own experience at the beginning of his Presidency - he knew next to nothing about the U.S.’s intelligence apparatus, including the Manhattan Project.
yQmAM TIL that the United Kingdom has over 1,000 stone circles
b68da TIL that some bugs look shiny and green not because of pigments, but due to structural coloration—microscopic structures on their exoskeletons reflect light in a way that creates a metallic or iridescent effect.