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TIL about the Gardner museum heist, the biggest art theft in history, still unsolved and with a $10 million dollar reward for information leading to arrests and recovery of the stolen art.

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gMomb TIL that the Chinese government, worried about potential national embarrassments due to the behavior of tourists abroad, had the China’s National Tourism Administration publish an information packet titled, roughly, the Guide to Civilized Tourism and Travel.
KmRa TIL that Wendy’s and Arby’s were the same company from 2008-2011
J1nVV TIL that the "Freeze", the runner whom fans race against at Atlanta Braves games, is actually a professional track and field runner, not a robot.
v7B8 TIL that comedian Simon Brodkin spoofed Britain’s Got Talent with a deliberately talent-less act that nonetheless pushed all the right emotional buttons to win “yes” votes from the judges.
Y1vP TIL: The most valuable vinyl record of all time is not a rare recording, it’s a plain, off the shelf, version of Double Fantasy by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It’s worth half a million dollars because John Lennon signed the cover for Mark David Chapman 5 hours before Chapman murdered Lennon.