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TIL Slash shoplifted his hat.

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a8JbM TIL a death row inmate in Tennessee discovered there were untested fingerprints that had been found at the original crime scene. In a last-ditch effort to prove his innocence, he successfully petitioned the courts to run the tests. They were found to be his own fingerprints.
VjG0 TIL Gary Plauche shot and killed his son’s kidnapper/molester in an airport. The killing was caught on tape by a news television crew, however, Gary only received 5 years probation and no jail time.
vPleL TIL actor Crispin Glover released a song about clowns called "Clownly Clown Clown"
ADnRg TIL that on the first day the Suez Canal opened, Nov 17, 1869, a French ship named the Péluse ran aground and blocked the canal, forcing ships stuck in the canal to wait until the next morning when the Péluse was hauled away.
b6Zaa Today I learned that the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny and can fit on the end of your finger.