Operation Northwoods was a proposed U.S. plan in the 1960s that was never carried out.

The mathematical constant tau (τ = 2π) is championed by some as more natural than pi for describing circles.

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Gymnastics has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896.

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The CIA's Operation Ajax helped orchestrate a coup in Iran in 1953.

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There is a word in Japanese, 'tsundoku', meaning buying books and never reading them.

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The NBA three-point line was adopted from the ABA (American Basketball Association) in 1979.

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Particles can exist in multiple states until observed.

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The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 with 14 nations participating.

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In Aztec mythology, the sun and moon were created when two gods threw themselves into a fire at Teotihuacan.

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