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TIL in 1967 Israel attacked U.S.S. Liberty as an attempt to create a false flag attack and spur a war against Iran, the only reason a war didn’t happen is because a soviet spy plane flew over head and took pictures of the incident.

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pYBWA TIL overdoses in the US have roughly quadrupled since 2000 data links below
vPL5j TIL that the voice of Linda from 'Bob's Burgers' is the voice actor's mocking of his mother
yVGa TIL Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario, Zelda, Star Fox etc) doesn’t like Donkey Kong Country, claiming it “proves that gamers will be willing to play a mediocre game if it has good graphics”.
d8g8B TIL: Rusting gears, beams, & wheels on the coast in Marseille show where an innovative ride was. One could pay to use a special cable car that ran underwater. For safety, pro divers went with the tourists as the pods skimmed along the seabed. It opened in 1966, was shut down after around one year.
DlDY TIL after President George H.W. Bush and the First Lady were diagnosed with Graves’ disease — and their dog, lupus — the Secret Service tested the White House water supply