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TIL in 2009 a man dressed as Santa robbed a Tennessee bank claiming he needed the money to "pay his elves"

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LQL0m TIL that in Tiger Woods 99 for the PlayStation 1, in the first 100,000 copies of the game had an Easter egg that a developer snuck in when put into a computer, it contained a DAT. file that would play the first ever South Park short made. These copies were later recalled by EA
4knkw TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood that detects pathogens, and they're being hunted for it to extinction!
4XaE5 TIL that actor Ed O'Neill, famous for his role as TV's Al Bundy, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969. He was cut in training camp.
yVJ9a TIL of Saint Pedro de Arbués, arguably the patron saint of killing Jews. He was a Spanish Inquisitor assassinated by the Jews he tried to oppress. He canonized as a saint in in 1867 by Pope Pius IX for his actions against the Jews.
DQKRr TIL that the British actor Harry H. Corbett famous for starring in the sitcom Steptoe and Son, reportedly killed two Japanese soldiers in hand to hand combat during World War Two.