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TIL that in 1998, NATO translated Dr. Seuss’ “Sneetches and Other Stories” into Serbo-Croatian and planned to distribute 500,000 copies in Bosnia to teach children about tolerance. The plans were later scaled back because they did not meet NATO standards.

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Yp1w7 TIL citizens who work for the CIA are officers – not agents or spies. All employees, from operations officers, to analysts, to librarians and public affairs, are considered CIA officers. The operations officers recruit well-placed human assets with access to information. These spies are agents.
LkVrZ TIL in 2005, Pizza Hut partnered with EverQuest II, an MMORPG, to add a /pizza command so players could order pizza without having to log out.
AYy4 TIL that some children in Colombia need to use a a quarter of a mile high zip line above the Rio Negra because it’s the only way to get to school
j9dE TIL of the term “Drawbridge Mentality”, a term used to describe people who move into a community they consider “unspoilt”, then oppose any form of inward migration and development.
mXkx TIL there is no Nobel Prize for Economics. The Economics Prize is not awarded by the Nobel-Committee, but Sweden’s Central Bank against the wishes of the Nobel Family and has nothing to do with the original award