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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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OojO6 TIL: Michael Collins had a bone spur on his spine that was removed. Yet he still managed to be part of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the moon.
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