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TIL in 2011 Nicolas Cage woke up in his Orange County house in the middle of the night to find a naked man, wearing Cage’s leather jacket, and eating a Fudgesicle in front of his bed. The man was arrested by police, but Cage didn’t press charges.

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PYAXJ TIL Ariana Grande's family owns the company that developed the first reliable marine communications system. It was adopted by the US Military and proved to be virtually indestructible. In 1994, this telephone system was found aboard the WWII Liberty Ship the SS Brown in perfect working order.
lo0AB TIL that bats aren't actually blind - they can see quite well!
b6LOQ TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 28th 1993,a large fireball and seismic disturbance was spotted from just south of the site by sensors.
ORm7 TIL A man tried to rob two banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.
N5ee TIL that in Australia 4,000 people once rioted because a pub closed.