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TIL A bank robber hired decoys on Craigslist and escaped down a creek on a Inner tube

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R5B98 TIL That American actor John Wayne was asked to be the running mate for Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace, who had been nominated for President by the American Independent Party for the 1968 election, however, he immediately declined.
DGAV TIL A French bee-keeper trained his bees to consume cannabis resin, thereby producing all-natural (rather than infused) cannabis honey.
mxe4y TIL of underground cock-fighting arenas in Miami, Fl. Rings included small boxes with glass windows that dramatically lowered the competing cocks into the arena at the start of fights. A cock-fighting referee was even murdered at one, a pouch of ref equipment hanging from his neck.
v1pED TIL Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing have both been translated into Klingon. Klingon Hamlet was also performed in its entirety by the same theater company responsible for the Klingon Christmas Carol.
8LG TIL Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion apparently takes place in the Tarantinoverse, as it features Red Apple cigarettes and Big Kahuna Burger take-out bags.