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TIL - In 1962 the US government planned terrorist attacks on US cities to start a war with Cuba.

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7lkM TIL that in 2002, a Chinese publisher released an unauthorized sequel to the Harry Potter series, consisting of the text of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, but with most names changed to those of Harry Potter characters
x65Do TIL First act of sexual intercourse ‘was done sideways, square-dance style’
D195e TIL A French Embassy worker engaged in a nearly 2 decades-long relationship with a Chinese individual he thought was a female, committing espionage to secure her and their supposed child's freedom from China. The true sex--male--of the French men's lover was not revealed until their arrest.
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eWDb TIL when Michael Moore’s biggest critic (author of Moorewatch.com) had trouble paying his wife’s medical bills, anonymous person donated $12,000 for the cause. As it turned out later, it was Michael Moore.