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TIL of an EPA employee who told his bosses that he worked for the CIA and didn't go to work for most of 10 years.

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XNkE TIL the former leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, had the campaign slogan, “Do not expect any change from me.”
jYyj TIL that comedian Doug Stanhope raised $125,000 for an athiest made homeless by a tornado just because he was sick of the overly-religious messages on CNN.
Rrb6 TIL that Japan’s current constitution was written by America after WWII and has never been amended.
XERo8 TIL humans often experience ‘illusions of control’ over events we cannot actually change. While psychologists in the past thought this meant we evolved to be deluded, some neuroscientists now think these false beliefs are our brain’s rational response to an uncertain and unpredictable world.
MeeGW TIL that in 1958, a man decided to name his son "Winner". Three years later, he had another son who he named "Loser". "Winner" became a hardened criminal and "Loser" became a detective.