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TIL of the Grandpa Gang, a group of senior citizens who broke into a formerly impregnable bank vault in England and made off with over $20 million.

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QJVJp TIL that the Nazis branded Einstein's theory of relativity to be "Jewish physics" and published a book "One Hundred Authors Against Einstein". When asked how he could win an argument against so many people Einstein replied that one fact was more powerful than 100 scientists
LkB1V TIL that only 10% of wine 'experts' can consistently rate the wine from the same bottle in the same way, and they aren't consistent the next year. After analysing results across wine competitions in california, medals were found to be distributed at random.
XEQwX TIL: As human mammals we are phylogenetically classified as Deuterostomes, meaning that we evolved as embryos from our anus, outwards. The first step in Blastocyst evolution is Gastrulation; to create our own digestive system from anus to mouth.
y0RJ TIL The Fibonacci sequence can be used to model an amazing variety of phenomena in mathematics, science, art and nature. It can be found in computer algorithms and seen in the branching of trees, or the spirals of a conch shell or a galaxy, but no one can really explain why.
ZpeXa TIL that the Haast's Eagle, the largest known eagle weighing 10-18kg with a wingspan of 2.5-3m, went extinct in the 15th century, 200 years after the Maori arrived. Their main prey was the Moa, a large flightless bird.