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TIL that Canada caught and removed more spies from the U.S than from any other country in the last ten years.

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wLnB8 TIL: AEG Live, the owners and operators of Coachella Music Festival attempted to profit off of Michael Jackson's death by offering fan's 'Souvenior Tickets' in leiu of a refund to tickets to the 'This Is It' tour, which was interrupted by Jackson's death.
J1dvB TIL About Kriegsnagelung or war nails. A fund raising system in WW1 where you paid to drive a nail into a statue. There were hundreds of these and I had never heard of them. Found one in a castle I visited this weekend.
ADr74 TIL that the FBI has a rapid deployment Art Crime Team consisting of 20 special agents. Since its conception in 2004, it has recovered over 15,000 items valued at over $800,000,000
9Yak7 TIL in 1987, production on the film Apt Pupil began with 17-year-old Rick Schroder cast as the lead. After ten weeks of filming, production suffered from lack of funds and was put on hold. A year later, Schroder had aged too much for the film to work and 40 minutes of usable footage was abandoned.
E16KX TIL That the song "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" by R.E.M. is a reference to an incident in which Dan Rather was assaulted by a man who repeatedly shouted "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"