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v80B TIL in 1968, a cash-laden bank vehicle was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
OonXL TIL Jesse James and his brother gave an indebted widow money to pay off her mortgage the day before the bank was to take her house and insisted she get a receipt for paying the man. They then robbed the banker on his way back to the bank.
b9W6p TIL That the mushroom Mario eats is called a Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria). It contains a psychoactive property where the individual experiences micropsia (a condition where objects appear smaller than they actually are, making you feel larger as a consequence).
keAd TIL francium is the most elusive element on earth, only 20-30 grams of it exist in the crust of the earth at any given time.
jngQ TIL In China, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer is considered a luxury beer and cost $44 USD per bottle.