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TIL about Basil "The Owl" Banghart, a criminal who escaped federal custody by pretending to be a federal agent who was overpowered by his prisoner, Basil Banghart.

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gV84 TIL that George Lucas was heavily influenced by Canadian avant-garde filmmakers and borrowed the idea for The Force from the film 21-87 by director Arthur Lipsett (and the # of Leia’s holding cell on the Death Star was…. 2187)
4XG6w TIL there are (probably) hidden moose in New Zealand. There hasn't been a confirmed sighting since 1952, but DNA evidence suggests they're still around.
4keaw TIL that when wearing a garter belt with the little suspenders to hold your stockings, that your panties are supposed to be worn over the garter set and not under as you see so often.
neR07 TIL of the Second Mexican Empire where Napoleon ruthlessly took advantage of a distracted America post Civil-War by engaging in an imperial plan to annex Mexico into the French sovereignty. Napoleon aimed to create a New Virginia Colony in central Mexico & exempted new colonists from paying taxes.
W8xY TIL: A UPS driver who spotted “call 911” scrawled on a package helped police free a woman who had been held captive in her own home and sexually assaulted, authorities said.