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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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b96G0 TIL a hobbit-like species of human lived about 18,000 years ago. About the size of a 3-year-old, they lived with pygmy elephants and 10-foot-long lizards.
j6AxN TIL 200,000 to 600,000 pets were estimated to have been left behind in the evacuations from hurricane Katrina, as people were not allowed to take pets with them and pets were not allowed in sheltering places.
dZlr TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary was written largely by a murderer from a mental institution
QJDad TIL when Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain to parody 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' that Kurt asked him if it would be about food, and Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that extremely funny, and said absolutely.
gr0x7 TIL Seichi Junrei - a form of pilgrimage where fans of anime and related media visit real-world locations depicted in their favourite series, contributing to an increase in Japanese tourism