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TIL Rob Reiner, Richard Dreyfuss, and Albert Brooks all went to high school together

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VMWmQ TIL: The Soviet K-429 nuclear submarine sunk twice and than became a training sub
8evK8 TIL that some artificial raspberry flavorings are harvested from the castor sacs of beavers, which are located near the beaver's cloaca (excretory opening), giving the flavoring the nickname "beaver taint".
nMrW TIL of Scientology’s “Operation Snow White” which aimed to infiltrate the US government (and other private organizations) to purge unfavorable records about Scientology. At its peak it had up to 5,000 covert agents in 136 government agencies in 30 countries.
WkZWo TIL that snake oil is actually an effective inhibitor of inflammation that was disparaged by US sellers of patent medicine to the extent that snake-oil continues to have a bad name to the present day.
W84X TIL that the phrase “close, but no cigar” originated from carnivals/fairs using cigars as prizes in the early 20th century. After playing a game but not winning they would say close, but no cigar. Sense these carnivals traveled all over the place, it became a well known saying.