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TIL Camel Cigarettes once made a series of ads exposing magicians' secrets.

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Z87xa TIL that during the making of “Pulp Fiction,” Vincent Vega’s 1964 Chevelle Malibu, which actually belonged to Tarantino, was stolen during production. In 2013, he was reunited with it when a sheriff spotted two men stripping it in the Oakland area, ran the VIN, and found it belonged to the director.
lo65K TIL In 2016 Alberto Lopez stole about $5,000 working for the Bank of America. A warrant for his arrest was issued so he moved and kept avoiding the police. He was eventually caught when he went to a job interview as a dispatcher with the... Police Department.
ZDbv TIL that a kid’s fantasy movie called “Warriors of Virtue” was so bad, it actually made a critic vomit during the initial screening.
0wgXA TIL Ants manage large-scale infrastructure projects with no coordination at all. Each ant acts alone, solving problems such as removing obstructions as they are encountered. Research points to the simple, evolutionary energy-saving principle of: "If you do not need to communicate, don't!"
9wLpp TIL the sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals is called Spawn