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TIL that someone in Colorado is breaking in to homes, Stealing snacks namely Hot pockets and watching animes. He steals no cash or valuables only snacks.

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VBmr8 TIL The title song "That Thing You Do" was written by the same guy who also wrote "Stacy's Mom"
XEReD TIL about ‘Redemption Roasters’ world’s first behind bars specialty coffee company in the U.K. who train offenders professionally in the art of roasting and barista skills and help find jobs in their own coffee shops or with partners.
ryPe TIL of Arthur Storer, who had a comet named after him until Edmund Halley predicted the comet’s return.
oBJko TIL that playing Taps at military funerals started with a Union soldier’s funeral held too close to the enemy to risk a traditional gun salute giving away their position. They played Taps to give a quieter salute. It was also named Taps because the bugle melody was often followed by three drum taps.
woX8W TIL that around the globe, no country produces more electricity than China. At nearly eight million gigawatt-hours of electricity annually (7,779,100 GWh), China leads the rest of the world by quite a large margin, nearly double the amount of the second-ranked United States (4,286,600 GWh).