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TIL in 2023, a stolen van Gogh painting worth millions (€3-6mln), was returned to an art detective’s apartment bubble-wrapped inside an Ikea Bag

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YpGA TIL that September 10, 2001, the day before 9/11, it was announced that the Pentagon could not account for $2.3 trillion.
R5kKa TIL about lava crickets, crickets that make their home in cooled lava and drink seafoam to survive
gjQy TIL that if you fail your driving test three times in Switzerland, you have to visit a psychologist who can assess the reasons for your failure
R5g6w TIL about the Ariel Castro Kidnappings in Cleveland that occurred between 2002 and 2004. Three of the victims finally escaped years later in 2013, one of whom had given birth while in captivity.
jNmlE TIL that the Vikings were seducing European women at such an alarming rate that Christian scholars even complained about their clean ways from regular baths and combed beards: the church even outlawed public bathing.