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TIL that Krazy Kat, William Randolph Hearst's favorite kartoon kat, was gender fluid: sometimes male, sometimes female, but always in love with the (male) Ignatz Mouse.

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VMQGZ TIL that a bank robber successfully robbed an armoured truck by hiring decoys on craigslist and then escaping down the nearby river in an inner tube. At least 12 people showed up to answer his advert. The robber pepper sprayed a guard, stole the money, and fled.
8aWya TIL about the Lloyd's Bank Coprolite, the largest piece of human feces ever found by archeologists. It tragically broke into three pieces in 2003 after being dropped on show at an exhibition.
vPOyj TIL 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby Mcferrin is the only song in history to reach #1 on Billboard without the use of any instruments (a cappella)
5Y5rk TIL that after being married for seven years, a Brazilian couple Adriana, 39, and her husband Leandro, 37, found out that they were actually brother and sister whose mother left them in their infancy.
4XnOa TIL full-time stagehands, the people responsible for moving and setting up equipment, at Carnegie Hall earn over $400,000 a year.