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TIL that the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was invented as an art project for the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Zbwo TIL There was a Macedonian journalist/crime reporter called Vlado Taneski who was also a serial killer himself, he reported on his own crimes & eventually got caught because he wrote articles on the murders with information that had not yet been released and only the killer would have known.
vAgx TIL: In her 85 years of life, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother (1750-1836) lived long enough to see the collapse of the French monarchy, the French Revolution, the crowning of her son as Emperor, his death, the collapse of his empire, and the restoration of the monarchy.
LkPY9 TIL that Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make expressions that particularly appeal to humans. The study says such "puppy eyes" helped domesticated dogs to bond with humans.
8aRva TIL A bank robber hired decoys on Craigslist and escaped down a creek on a Inner tube
VgX8 TIL of the Assassin Bug, a bug that wears its victims bodies as armor.