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TIL a guy posted an ad on craigslist looking for workers for a fake cleanup job. He was actually using them as a distraction for an armor car robbery.

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rLDe TIL the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau is often seen as a 'bible’ for self-sufficiency enthusiasts. However, while many picture Thoreau as a hermit in the woods, his cabin on the lake was about a mile from town, where he would often go to visit his mother, who did his laundry for him.
Ypv5Z TIL Jordan Peele created the idea of The Sunken Place from Get Out by smoking weed with Bobby Lee
rLOe TIL that the first public school in the United States is still open. The Boston Latin School was founded over 380 years ago; famous alumni include Sam Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Hancock, and Leonard Bernstein.
698VX TIL Finland is considered 'the world's happiest country,' and has won that title six years in a row. Next door neighbor Russia is ranked 70th. U.S is ranked 15.
Vy7p TIL that bread is actually unhealthy for ducks and feeding them large quantities could result in killing them