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TIL CIA and Contras were heavily involved in “Cocaine Trafficking” in the US

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5Y5aQ TIL of Operation Vegetarian a British WWII project to introduce anthrax into German beef and dairy herds and possibly spread to the human population.
oBlx8 TIL that according to Lawrence Krauss, the atoms in our left hand probably originated in a different star (or even galaxy) from those in our right hand, as half the atoms in the Milky Way come from outside our own galaxy.
d9kQ TIL almost 50% of all Americans live in the Eastern Time Zone
mx5bv TIL that a Roman goldsmith may have discovered aluminum metal 1800 years before modern chemists did, but Emperor Tiberius had the discoverer killed in order to ensure the metal would not diminish the value of his own gold and silver assets
PeG TIL The fake flames on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney are so convincing that the Anaheim Fire Department requested that they be automatically turned off in case of fire so firefighters can fight the real blaze and not waste time battling artificial ones.