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In 1995 a policy known as “the Wall” was created. It discouraged info sharing between the CIA and FBI, playing a critical role in the inability to stop 9/11. It got so bad agents played a CD with Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” into the phone as they were told their access was denied.
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A British man was surprised at being urgently contacted by the NHS about his health, when they calculated his BMI as being 28,000. They’d written his 6’2″ height as being 6.2cm tall
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The same enzyme that makes apples and potatoes turn brown is also responsible for tanning in humans.
34.
Arthur Tudor, the older brother of Henry VIII, exchanged letters with his fiancée, Catherine of Aragon, in Latin. When they met in person they were unable to communicate however, as they had mastered different pronunciations of the language.
35.
Bronze medal Olympian, UFC champion and WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey used to be a moderator on a Pokemon forum, in her bio it said “I also spend a lot of time doing judo… right now I’m ranked #1 under 20, if you don’t believe me look it up”
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There was an infamous game of roulette played in Monte-Carlo on August 18, 1913, where the ball fell on black 26 times in a row. Gamblers lost millions expecting it to land on red along the way, making “the gambler’s fallacy” famous.
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In 2018, a woman accidentally paid a Swiss cafe $7709 for coffee because she entered her PIN number as the dollar amount. When she called to get the money back, nobody answered because the cafe had filed for bankruptcy.
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There is a breed of horse called the Yakutian that is native to Siberia. Bulkier than other horse breeds, it has a extremely long hair for its coat and can withstand temperatures as low a -70C (-94F)
39.
The Tour de France has a team that drives each days route and turns genitals graffitied on the road into owls and butterflies.
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Thomas Linley was called “The English Mozart”. Mozart called him “a true genius” and said “he would have been one of the greatest”, but he drowned in a lake at age 22 and most of compositions were lost or burned in a fire.
