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TIL That There Is A Nikola Tesla Statue Provides Free Wi-Fi to Silicon Valley

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OoMAY TIL in 2004 Norwegian robbers stole 57.4 million kroner from a NOKAS cash depot. They were all found and jailed in the next 3 years, but the case had cost Norway about 160 million kroner to solve, and only about 6.4 million were recovered.
vPP77 Today I learned they tried to make a British version of That 70's Show but got cancelled after only 6 episodes
X0JEE TIL flies can walk upside down, see in all directions, and taste with their feet. They also have a complex social life and communicate with each other through sounds and smells.
VMRvk TIL, the Wu-Tang Clan left a clause in the sale contract of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" that allowed any of the members -and/or actor Bill Murray - to reclaim ownership rights to the album by stealing it, without fear of legal repercussions.
N7OwQ TIL Part of the Falklands Islands is littered with leftover landmines from the Falklands War. This stretch of beach has become home to hundreds of penguins as they are too light to trigger the mines when walking on them.