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TIL The US army maintains a public list of deserters

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ORm7 TIL A man tried to rob two banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.
9Y8jp TIL Marie Antoinette's last words were "Pardon me sir, I did not do it on purpose" after she accidentally stepped on her executioner's foot.
gM9rL TIL that Alan Rickman was originally chosen to voice Lord Farquaad from Shrek, but he chose instead to play Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
R74Bw TIL the movie Stuart Little had a long-lost Hungarian painting hanging in the background. The masterpiece was lost before WWII, and was discovered in 2009 when an art historian watched Stuart Little with his daughter. The film's set designer had found the painting at an antiques shop in California.
8PL4 TIL boxer crabs have small pincers that are useless for defense, so they carry sea anemones around as weapons.