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TIL that in June 2017, a tire shop in Fort Worth, Texas, was robbed so often that the owner bought a guard dog. The next time the shop was robbed, the intruders stole the dog.

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g8ry TIL a woman attacked her husband when she found “disgusting pornography” in his car. By which she meant “copies of The Onion”.
b0EE TIL that Adobe was shocked that its software was being used in Blue’s Clues’ production by Nickelodeon. Adobe’s developers never knew it could be used to create character animation on the scale that Blue’s Clues was using.
Oov4 TIL Tommy Boy is a rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Tommy is the Prince, his father dies, his mother (Bo Derek) is Gertrude, in reality married to his “step brother” (Rob Lowe) who is Claudius. David Spade’s character is Horatio.
PY4vG TIL in Finland, local municipalities can veto parliamentary ratification of licensing a new nuclear reactor within their regions.
8a6x4 TIL that for a period of time in 2010, Ozzy Osbourne was the health columnist in the British Sunday Times