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TIL that Moe, Curly, and Shemp were brothers. Larry wasn’t related to the other ones.

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0dbAR TIL in 1997 a crew of 6 robbed $18.9m in cash from the Dunbar Armored facility in LA; one of them had cased it while working there. They left almost no evidence & concealed their wealth for 2 yrs until one of them paid a broker with bills still in the original currency straps, which got them caught.
69b17 TIL using special aquariums, a team of researchers proved that some flowers that grow in the ocean are pollinated by plankton and invertebrates just like flowers on land. Inside each flower is a nutritious substance filled with pollen that sticks to the animals when they move from flower to flower
b9YWZ TIL the reason why NASA (and later the Russians) use a specialised space pen instead of pencil in space is because the graphite of pencils is conductive and can cause short circuits and even fires. The pens have been used since the Apollo era and are still being used right now on the ISS.
jN44E TIL the first US-built tanks were too late for use in WWI but during the great depression the US army deployed six to disperse the BONUS army protest of WWI veterans
Lke1V TIL the miniskirt is not named for it's small size, but after mini coopers.