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TIL Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond

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6E7dZ TIL In Japan in 1968, 4 bank employees were transporting 300M¥ in the trunk of a car. They were stopped by a young police officer, who claimed dynamite was on the car. When he crawled under to check and smoke came billowing out, they ran away. The “officer” then got in the car and drove away.
oB5eE TIL in 1987 the first episode of the British youth television show Network 7 featured a live demonstration of how to clone a credit card and showed it working.
xG6g TIL Mao promised that Chinese steel production would surpass England and overtake America. As a result, many Chinese children born in 1958 and 1959 were named “Chaoying” (“Surpass England”) and “Chaomei” (“Overtake America”).
9w89r TIL Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
WkjlN TIL 23-year-old Charlie Johns married Eunice Winstead Jones, age 9. They they had 7 children and marriage lasted 60 years. He died at age 83 in 1997, and she at 86 in 2006.