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TIL that during WWII, Joan Pujol Garcia, a double agent that spied on Germany for the British, was supposed to recruit spies in Britain for the Germans. He made up so many fake spy names that Germany decided they had enough “agents” spying for them in Britain, and didn’t want anymore.

bWk7 TIL that the home of a female pediatrician in Wales was attacked and vandalised by Welsh kids who mistook “paedriatician” for “paedophile”
dWmQ TIL in a village in India, people plant 111 trees for every girl born
J8xj TIL that the ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ can result in a collapsed lung
kOJ9g TIL That people eat tulips, and cook with them.
gr0dA TIL that IBM was also a military contractor in WW2 and produced M1 Carbines in 1943