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TIL Napoleon's great-nephew Charles founded the FBI

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gMQab TIL "Comrade Kim goes Flying" is North Korea’s first “girl power” movie and it was screened at numerous film festivals in 2014. The story of coal miner, her dream of becoming a trapeze artist is crushed by an arrogant trapeze star who believes miners belong underground and not in the air
AMwl TIL that after comedian Bill Hicks’ set was edited out of The Late Show With David Letterman in ‘93, he wrote a 39-page letter detailing exactly what happened behind the scenes.
Z8kRD TIL that actress and pinup girl Rita Hayworth's face was painted on several atomic bombs tested in the late 1940s without her authorization; when she foud out she flew into a rage and held a press conference announcing she didn't condone this
6E5BJ TIL that in South Korea, only visually impaired people can be licensed masseurs, dating back over 100 years to a Japanese colonial law that was set up to guarantee the blind a livelihood.
JYr9Q TIL the USA nuclear missile fleet is controlled by 1960’s computers with no internet to prevent hacking.