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TIL, according to FBI statistics, violent bank robberies are incredibly rare. In fact, most bank robberies (61%) involve a single person handing the teller a note and then walking out without incident.

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D8XJ TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix because he was unsure about the ambitious special effects. Nicholas Cage, Val Kilmer, and Brad Pitt also turned down the role. The Wachowski’s wanted Johnny Depp but the studio pushed for Keanu Reeves.
4XwRa TIL that a stolen 9.5 million dollar Stradivarius Cello was nearly turned into a fancy CD rack
8A5b TIL Michael Crichton is the only person to have had a #1 movie (Jurassic Park), a #1 book (Disclosure) AND a #1 TV show (ER) at the same time
kLG4 TIL Isla Kock also known as the “The Bitch of Buchenwald” was a Nazi who was known for her sadistic abusive methods towards her prisoners in which she often killed them and had them skinned alive to use to make items such as Lamp Shades. The Purse she proudly carried around was made from human skin
47ro TIL that during the American Civil War, 14-year-old William Horsfall enlisted into the Union army as a drummer boy. While in battle, he ran into the battlefield amongst gunfire to save his captain, who had been shot. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery.