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TIL In order to work in the CIA cafeteria, a candidate needs to pass a Top Secret SCI background check.

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QNdP9 TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.
Gpxg TIL that there is a man in China who rents a house by the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge so that he can save the lives of suicidal jumpers.
bRaa TIL a handyman in Pennsylvania accidentally cut his hand off then fired twelve nails into his head with a nailgun in an effort to dull the pain. He survived.
4krbR TIL the 1994 Super Famicom game "Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem" was adapted into a 2-episode anime series in 1996. Hikaru Midorikawa - the voice of Marth - would reprise his role in the Super Smash Bros. series.
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