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TIL that Victor Marchetti's 1974 work "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence" was the first book subject to pre-publication censorship by the US government. The book was published with gaps showing where text had been excised and bold text where CIA censorship demands had been overturned by a court.

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VMN0 TIL that a cashew is a seed that grows on the outside of a fruit and are toxic until shelled and roasted.
a8W4b TIL about the Slave Narrative project that took place during the Great Depression. Created by the WPA, out-of-work writers were hired to collect the life stories of former slaves. 2,300 first-person accounts were recorded and archived.
rROWW TIL Swiss people are usually subtitled in German TV, because their accent is so thick it is virtually unintelligible by speakers of Standard German. Swiss on the other hand have no issue understanding Standard German.
E1D57 TIL There are more public libraries than McDonalds in the U.S.
JxKj TIL of Clifford Johnson. He held the title of most severely burned person ever to survive, after making 4 trips into the Coconut Grove fire to save his girlfriend - carrying out survivors each time. He later learned his girlfriend had actually escaped earlier. 14 years later he died in a car fire.