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TIL: the last stage robbery was on December 5, 1916,

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JOkV TIL Pluto is smaller than Russia
49PJ TIL much beloved songs “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and the opening notes of “Hedwigs Theme” throughout the “Harry Potter” series as well as many others were performed on a little known instrument called the Celesta.
ne719 TIL that "knocking on wood" originated from pagan culture and was done to scare away evil spirts that lived in trees
AOA7 TIL NASA’s Eagleworks lab is currently running a real warp drive experiment for proof of concept. The location of the facility is the same one that was built for the Apollo moon program
16Zw4 TIL about James Miller aka 'The Fan Man' who in 1993 paraglided into a boxing ring during a heavyweight title fight between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe. He paraglided over an NFL playoff game, FA cup football match, and Buckingham Palace. He was then banned from re-entering the UK for life.