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TIL Albert Einstein had an affair with a Soviet spy.

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RQ7j TIL WW2 bombing accuracy was so abominable, there was only 22% chance of a bomber crew finding its way to within 5 miles of its target and for heavily defended targets the percentage dropped to 7%.
16GQ4 TIL, In 2014, during the penultimate capture of drug kingpin El Chapo, more than a thousand people marched in Culiacan ( Mexico) demanding his release. The crowd also demanded non-extradition; according to them, the boss had kept the city free from extortion and kidnapping.
ONDL TIL that Japan didn’t sign the 1929 Geneva convention on treatment of POWs, and nearly half of all Americans captured by the Japanese in WW2 were killed in custody.
p8d9e TIL that Kevin Bacon is married to his distant cousin, Kyra Sedgwick. The couple apparently first found out while both were participating on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” back in 2012.
grnyX TIL the USA has given out almost $4 trillion USD in foreign aid.