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TIL house flies land on ceilings by approaching at a 45° and then cartwheeling into the landing.

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6EP57 TIL of convicted train robber Frank Grigware, who escaped from federal prison in 1910. A short 6 years later, he became mayor of the small town of Spirit River, Alberta. The FBI discovered him in 1933, but his extradition request was dropped due to 'serious doubts' about his original conviction.
pZpQ TIL in 1998, a man was tricked into being a Japanese reality-show where he was kept solitary in a room for 15 months until he could win $10k in mail-in sweepstakes. Also, he had to be naked the whole time and had no idea he was being broadcast on TV, being watched by millions of people.
y8Je TIL Quentin Tarantino has more than 6000 € late fees at a german video library, for 2 movies he rented during the shoot of Inglourious Basterds in Berlin 5 years ago.
EK0x TIL a WW1 homing pigeon saved 194 men by continuing her flight after losing a leg, an eye and having been shot through the chest.
RyA6 TIL between 2009 and 2015, Usain Bolt won every World Championship and Olympic gold medal in the 100m, 200m and 4×100m relay – except the 2011 100m World Championship, where he had a false start.