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TIL The thief of America’s first bank robbery who stole the sum of $162,821, was caught because he deposited the money back into the same bank.

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vdJB TIL that the hacker Kevin Mitnick was kept in solitary confinement for 8 months because “law enforcement told the judge that he could somehow dial into the NORAD modem via a payphone from prison and communicate with the modem by whistling to launch nuclear missiles.”
NX7NN TIL about Operation ABSCAM, which was a FBI sting operation carried out in 1980 to trap corrupt politicians. Which included a senator and six congressmen
kJonW TIL that dogs use their sense of smell to perceive events and substances across intervals of time. Each day, even in the same place, smells help dogs understand the passage of time.
mxJZY TIL that since 2004, the Chicago Police Department has detained and "disappeared" at least 6,000 people, primarily through "essentially a domestic blacksite", an unlisted police facility contained within a warehouse.
p8rZp TIL the video game industry generates more revenue than the film and music industry combined