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TIL The CIA spent $20 million on a cat equipped to spy on Soviets during the cold war, but it got hit by a taxi.

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e0PJ5 TIL that a man named Oswald can be heard only at Embankment station saying "mind the gap". In 2012 they were planning on changing all voiceovers but decided not to at this station when Oswalds wife told them that he had passed away in 2007. She loved listening to him when on the way to work.
nejoB TIL the reason that Dippin' Dots ice cream -- made by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen -- is rarely sold in supermarkets is that it requires storage at temperatures below −40°F (−40°C), and supermarkets generally cannot provide such extreme cooling requirements.
7rNM TIL that a University of California physics professor wrote a mathematical proof paper to get out of a speeding ticket…and did!
Eg9ew TIL that, if a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound is a philosophical experiment around consciousness.
Mvga TIL that Ryan Phillippe found the scene in Cruel Intentions where he had to fight with Reese Witherspoon (his real-life fiancée) so emotionally punishing that, after it was over, he went outside and threw up.