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TIL of Craig Williamson, a Florida man who was watching "Unsolved Mysteries" and recognized himself as the missing person in Colorado. He claimed he was beaten in a robbery and developed amnesia. He was later reunited with his wife whom he had no memory of. Police are skeptical of the story.

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oBGVE TIL that in 2015, two day care teachers were charged with child abuse for running a toddler Fight Club in Cranford, NY, where they'd pit children aged 4 to 6 against each other, record it while quoting the book and movie and post it on Snapchat.
QJL79 TIL London Underground workers gained concessions from management through a 'piss strike,' meaning they followed safety rules so exactly that workers going to the toilet one after the other essentially shut down any work being done.
awykM TIL that in 1965 the Soviet Union detonated a nuclear device near the Chagan river to create an artificial lake with a volume of about 10 million cubic metres under it's Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program. To date the lake is slightly radioactive and is nicknamed "the atomic lake".
6EZdY TIL that up until 1994 in the UK, it was illegal for shops to open on a Sunday
VBX6Z TIL NRBQ served as the unofficial house band for The Simpsons seasons 10-12. Head writer Mike Scully was a big fan of the band and featured their music multiple times. Also NRBQ played the original song Mayonnaise and Marmalade and performed in the end credits for the episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze"