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TIL an EPA Agent successfully pretended to be working for the CIA for 12 years so he could take days off without limitation, get reimbursed for vacations, and otherwise defraud the EPA.

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8GxZ TIL That artificial photosynthesis may one day be incorporated into all building materials.
j6A5R TIL that the Doors’ second manager, Danny Sugerman, began working with the Doors when he was just 12 years old, by answering their fan mail. Following the death of Jim Morrison in 1971, Sugerman replaced the original Doors’ manager, Bill Siddons, at just age 17.
rRlQx TIL that in 1999, Philip Morris attempted to convince the government of the Czech Republic that smoking was highly beneficial to the country, as more people would die earlier as a result, thus letting the government save millions on pensions, hospitals, and housing for elderly citizens.
RaG6 TIL That during and shortly after the JFK assassination a woman was seen and photographed holding a camera and stayed after most witnesses fled the seen. She has never been identified.Nor has the footage she may have took been found.
d8jr TIL after Kurt Cobain’s death, his hometown of Aberdeen, WA changed their town motto to “Come As You Are”.