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TIL thieves used watermelon skin to slide ATM out of store in Colombia

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LKmv TIL Walmart permits RV parking on their store lots as they are able and the price is free for overnight parking.
Y7KMB TIL that orphaned Northern resident orca Springer(official designation: A73), the only wild orca to be rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild successfully, now is a mother of two, Spirit(A104) and Storm(A116)
Bgdbk TIL that the character Soda Popinski in the NES game "Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!" was originally named Vodka Drunkenski in the arcade version of the game. The name was changed because of Nintendo of America's stringent censorship policies, which also led him drinking soda instead of vodka in the game.
p851G TIL In 1966, the Beatles were making so much money that they had to pay a 95% "supertax" on their earnings in the UK. After finding out how much money they were losing, Beatles guitarist George Harrison wrote the song "Taxman" out of anger.
GYNb7 TIL about Florida's notorious, state-run institution, Dozier School For Boys. Some 81 boys are known to have died there and that after the closing and demolition of the century old establishment, excavation crews uncovered the remains of 50+ students.