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TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train and modify a cat to be a spy only to have it get run over on its first mission.

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8eMgZ TIL Sherlock Holmes only became public domain a couple of months ago
oZKo TIL The original lyrics to Tutti Frutti were “Tutti Frutti, good booty / If it don’t fit, don’t force it / You can grease it, make it easy"
je8j TIL human DNA is 50% the same as bananas
nejJB TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, "All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push." The case was dismissed.
wZNY TIL that wearing a white t-shirt with a large letter “T” on the front is scientifically proven to make you 10% more attractive to women