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TIL that in 2010 a Slovakian man was arrested in Ireland after bringing explosives into the country. They were planted in his luggage by Slovak authorities, who were doing a security test and forgot to remove them before he got on the plane

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1L54 TIL that Apollo 12 astronaut Alan L Bean accidentally destroyed the mission’s TV camera by pointing it at the sun, left several rolls of exposed film on the moon by mistake, and was hit on the head by a 16mm film camera when the crew splashed down on Earth.
wLl0Y TIL a 2015 Japanese study suggests that looking at pictures of puppies and kittens can help improve focus and concentration.
1n4O TIL: Shaggy’s real name is Norville Rogers and in the original Scooby-Doo series, he was born in Coolsville.
loOdB TIL A man once sued a dry cleaner’s for $67M over a late return of a pair of pants. He reduced it to $45 million in court. The case was thrown out multiple times, the man lost his job as he was a judge himself, and the dry cleaners was forced to close their shop due to court costs.
oBmRR TIL In 1974, the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis published a paper titled "The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of 'Writer's Block.'" It contained a total of zero words.