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TIL even viruses can catch viruses
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TIL on February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith joined forces to create their own film studio, which they called the United Artists Corporation.
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TIL that Charles Curtis, the 31st vice-president of the United States, was of Native American ancestry and was enrolled as a member of the Kaw-Nation. English was his third language after Kansa and French.
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TIL That a 1956 report on the CIA’s covert activities found that the CIA was influencing foreign elections as part of their Cold War operations. The report also concluded that the CIA was exerting “almost unilateral” control on US foreign policy.
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TIL: When we pull clothes from the dryer, there’s a reason we can’t tell if they are cold or wet. Humans don’t have humidity receptors to detect wetness.
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TIL that a Syrian Christian ascetic achieved notability by climbing a pillar in Syria in 423 and remaining there until his death 37 years later.