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TIL despite having DNA evidence of the suspect, German police could not prosecute a $6.8M jewel heist because the DNA belonged to identical twins, and there was no evidence to prove which one of them was the culprit.

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P1Wge TIL: Seiji Yoshida WW2 memoir, "My War Crimes" detailing his many war crimes against comfort women became a hit and even used by George Hicks, the NYT, etc. It even spread across Korea. However, after his death, his son revealed he made up his war crimes for money as he was poor after the war.
D1DMY TIL That the Euro EUR (€) was introduced virtually in 1999 but physical notes and coins only entered the market in 2002. This gave me a heart attack after posting this video (Video is OC) [Video Source: Investing.com]
K0pa TIL that John Candy turned down Wayne Szlaniski in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and Louis Tully in “Ghostbusters” because he felt his good friend Rick Moranis was better suited for the parts.
OGoXR TIL that dayta is more British & dahta is more American. I've always pronounced data as dayta, particularly as a Star Trek fan growing up. Living in the UK now, watching an American reality competition show, was surprised that most of them pronounced it as dahta & had to check on my stereotypes.
69R7l TIL the organizers of the 1985 song "We Are the World" didn't invite Madonna to participate on the recording because "they didn't think she could sing" and "it broke her heart" that that was the case.