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TIL Cuba had dozens of double agents within the CIA for decades. This was not discovered until a Cuban spy defected to the US in 1987 and started naming names.

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oRlAR TIL, the Pan-European Picnic was a peaceful demonstration in 1989 where the border between Austria and Hungary was open for 3 hours and It was the largest refugee movement since the Berlin Wall was built. It started the chain reaction of the Warsaw Pact dissolving and the end of the Cold War.
oDJ7 TIL that Something by the Beatles and Layla by Eric Clapton are written about the same woman, Pattie Boyd
nWlVr TIL that Steven Spielberg has been thanked in more Oscar speeches than God
1WeV TIL that Tony Hawk has an I.Q. of 144
DbGg TIL the Beastie Boys won a lawsuit against a company for the unauthorized use of their song “Girls” and had the $1 Million settlement donated to a charity supporting education for Girls