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TIL the author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was an experimental test subject of the CIA’s MK Ultra program.

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epVrb TIL Whale falls are a major source of nutrients for the ocean's bathyal or abyssal zones. The remains of an estimated 690,000 whales are being broken down on the ocean floor, with the bodies being picked clean, the skeletons dissolved, and ultimately a reef formed.
9YYbQ Darth Vader uses the Force to move a rebel soldier. What kind of physics power output does this motion require?
kYee TIL Some Canadian police departments give out ‘positive tickets’ to thank people for doing something good.
x9Gg TIL: Liberia was a founding member of the UN and a successful African nation…until 1980 when a USA-backed coup assassinated the President, and executed the entire government. Liberia collapsed into a civil war and never recovered.
KkA9 TIL Family Guy faced a boycott from a group called ProudSponsorsUSA because of the offensive nature of the show. It turned out to be just Richardson Schell who was the headmaster of MacFarlane’s High School. He was actually upset because of the use of the name Griffin, the name of Schell’s assistant