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TIL A guy dressed up as an armored truck driver and tricked Walmart into giving him $75,000.

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Wk959 TIL that one review of Thinner, written by Stephen King under a pseudonym, was described by one reviewer as "What Stephen King would write if Stephen King could write"
D1rOY TIL in 1957, San Francisco's "Youth for Service" program helped get young gang members off the streets by having them help the community. They did things like paint houses and help the elderly. The idea was that they just wanted to feel needed.
Y71n7 TIL of Ziona. He was the leader of The Church of New Generation, a polygamy-practising Christian sect in Mizoram, India. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting.
b9oYj TIL: in 2004, police discovered a fully equipped movie theater the Paris Catacombs. It was equipped with a giant cinema screen, seats for the audience, projection equipment, film reels of recent thrillers and film noir classics, a fully stocked bar, and a complete restaurant with tables and chairs.
wLYVP TIL "in Russia, Norway and many northern and eastern European countries synchronized clapping is more popular than random clapping."