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TIL Discovery Channel aired a show in which people wanting to learn more about home security had their houses robbed by the show hosts.

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x6aro TIL of the Liverpool Packet, a Canadian privateer vessel that captured 50 American ships during The War of 1812. She was captured by US forces, before then being recaptured by The British.