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TIL that Dr Evil’s voice/mannerisms were Mike Myers’ impression of boss and SNL executive producer, Lorne Michaels.

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envL TIL that the CIA planned a number of “terrorist” attacks in the US to justify an invasion of Cuba in 1962. It was rejected by Kennedy.
dDZJ7 TIL that a group of crows is called a murder.
Mn5B TIL that it’s possible to sequence DNA on gum and cigarette butts found in the street and 3D print a very accurate face from it.
YNPA TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
n80Y TIL only one white man has ever run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The other 75 men who have done it were all black.