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TIL that during the Cold War, hundreds of American agents were caught because staples in USSR passports corroded, while the U.S. used stainless steel thus giving away their origin.

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0wLVA TIL that Napoleon has a theorem named after him in geometry. It states that,"if equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward or all inward, the lines connecting the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
oBZ98 TIL a teletubby toy was recalled in the late 90s for calling kids "faggot" and telling them to "bite my butt"
Xjgk TIL a line of pillow talk in Fight Club was originally supposed to be “I want to have your abortion,” but Laura Ziskin, a producer at Fox 2000, found that too offensive and begged it be changed. It was changed to “I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school.“
9wpAG TIL all Star Wars funkopops are bobbleheads because Hasbro owns the rights to making all Star Wars figures that aren't bobbleheads
Br4ab TIL Officials in Athens, Greece conducted helicopter & satellite audits to determine less than 0.02% of residents claimed their pools to avoid paying taxes. Greeks consider not paying tax to be ‘Patriotic’, a nod to a time when they were ruled by the Ottoman Turks, almost 200 years ago.