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TIL that in 2005 someone stole Judy Garland's ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz film, while on they were on display in Minnesota. They have never been found and there is currently a $1 million dollar reward for there return.

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0wkRj TIL that before being sentenced to prison, rapper Meek Mill's judge allegedly requested he abandon his record label to sign with her friend, and that he cover a Boys II Men song mentioning her name. At the same trial, the court clerk passed Mill a note asking him to help pay her son's tuition.
wLK98 TIL of Civil War General John Sedgwick. After his soldiers began ducking for cover, Sedgwick rode into the open and declared "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance", before being shot and killed by an enemy sharpshooter.
NXXKe TIL that the Alt-J album cover “An awesome wave” is a European Space Agency satellite image of the Ganges River Delta in Bangladesh and India and was found by the band when they searched for images related to the word “delta”, the triangle symbol for the band
5Yvdk TIL: That you're not supposed to shake a can of spray paint which mixes the pigment and solvent, instead use a swirling circular motion to dissolve the pigment in the solvent. You know you're done when you hear the metal ball in the can revolve around the inside without resistance.
a890L TIL about the short reign of King Zog I of Albania. Zog was an Albanian dictator who proclaimed himself king in 1928. He smoked 200 cigarettes a day and survived 55 assassination attempts. Within 10 years he took on so much debt that Italy eventually annexed the country and forced him out.