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TIL Chic-Fil-A was first sold at a Waffle House

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GA4dJ TIL Hypergraphia is the intense desire to write or draw. While associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, some prolific artistic figures are associated with the condition — such as Isaac Asimov, Vincent van Gogh, and Lewis Carroll.
l1EB TIL an Egyptian special forces unit got confused for terrorists while attempting to storm a hijacked plane, 15 were killed by Cypriot forces. 7 years later the unit tried to storm another plane by attaching explosives to it, 56 of the hostages died. The unit was subsequently disbanded.
WPP9 TIL that the FBI ran COINTELPRO, an illegal series of projects operated to suppress “subversive” movements like civil rights (including MLK) or growing third parties. These targets faced tricks like psychological warfare, killings (together with police departments), and slander through newspapers.
BGKD TIL astronomers polished a 25-meter mirror for the Great Magellan Telescope so smooth that the largest bump is .0003 times the width of a human hair
rRV1 TIL David Bowie refused the honor of being knighted, saying “I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that. I seriously don’t know what it’s for. It’s not what I spent my life working for.”