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TIL in 2015 a man in Iowa stole a bag of dog poop out of a truck bed when he realized he couldn’t steal the truck. Said bag was valued at a whopping $1.

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9Y59D TIL that a NASA intern unknowingly purchased original footage from the Apollo 11 voyage at a government auction in 1976 for $217.77. He found out over 30 years later and sold them for $1.82m at Sotheby’s.
1Gn4 TIL that in many South Park episodes A-star celebrities star in non-speaking roles. Jerry Seinfeld once offered to lend his voice for an episode, but declined to appear when he was only offered the role as “Turkey #2”.
78LaM TIL About Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Grandson of Queen Victoria and nephew to Kings Edward VIII and George VI. A member of German nobility he was a high ranking Nazi official and avoided imprisonment due to ill health and the intercession of some British Royals.
a8gby TIL that in the 1890s, the U.S. government created the Alaska Reindeer Service, in an attempt to persuade Alaskan natives to become reindeer herders. Reindeer were imported from Siberia, and Sami herders were brought from Norway to teach the Alaskan natives.
BpgW TIL that the reason rubbing alcohol burns when applied to cuts is because exposed VR1 nerve cells in the cut, which normally detect burning hot temperatures, have their pain threshold lowered by alcohol–so much that your own body temperature causes the burning sensation.