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TIL that Bob Lambert, an undercover cop, married and fathered a child with an animal rights activist in order to infiltrate the animal rights movement despite being already married and having a child.

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GrOJ TIL the irish Peter O'Connor at the flag-raising ceremony in the 1906 olympics, in protest at the flying of the Union Flag for his second place, scaled a flagpole in the middle of the field and waved the Irish flag, while the pole was guarded by Irish and American athletes and supporters.
BrrNx TIL that Thad Roberts, an intern at NASA, stole roughly $21 million worth of moon rocks from NASA with the aid of his girlfriend. He loaded a 600 pound safe containing ~101 grams of samples and wheeled it out of the complex, destroying 30 years of the chief scientist’s research in the process.
OoER6 TIL Hiroshima's national flower is the red Canna(Oleandor) Glower, as it was the first type of flower to grow nearly 75 years after the atomic bombing.
X0O6 TIL The world’s oldest marijuana stash was found in the Gobi Desert inside the 2,700 year old grave of an ancient stoner.
AjvB TIL Cherophobia is the belief that when one becomes happy,something bad will happen