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TIL in 2023 a man called the cage supervisor at the Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas posing as the hotel's co-owner & convinced them to delivery 4 installments of cash totaling $1.17m to multiple off-site locations by telling them the fire department needed money. He received a suspended sentence.

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GYkE7 TIL doctors from UCLA found unique blood cells that can help fight infections in a man from Seattle's spleen, so they stole the cells from his body and developed it into medicine without paying him, getting his consent, or even letting him know they were doing it.
LQ50P TIL that the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album “Morrison Hotel” was taken at an actual Morrison Hotel in LA. The band was not given permission to photograph, so they did it while the clerk was away from the desk. The band jumped right behind the windows and hit their places without shuffling.
XaMR TIL Humans are the kings and queens of the planet when it comes to long-distance running. We can outrun every animal on the planet, and run in conditions that no other animal can run in.
loGj7 TIL Peter Sellers' estranged wife inherited his fortune upon his death, his children got only 800 Pounds each. She refused to increase the amount even after a mutual acquaintance intervened. Incidentally, Sellers' son died 26 years to the day after his father, from the same cause (heart attack).
wLLW1 Because most early rotary engines turned counterclockwise (from the front, clockwise from the pilot's view). The physics of rotating objects resulted in left turns being easier than right turns. That led to standard manoeuvres using left turns. And that resulted in the prime/most experienced pilot sitting with a view out of the left window, once airplanes grew large enough to have side-by-side pilots.