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TIL that the CIA is prohibited by law from collecting information regarding the U.S. government, U.S. citizens, resident aliens, legal immigrants, and U.S. corporations, regardless of where they are located.

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awgBb TIL that Christopher Columbus was jailed upon his return to Spain for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola
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