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TIL that the then-fugitive millionaire Robert Durst was arrested in 2001 for shoplifting a $5 sandwich, even though he had $500 of cash in his pockets.

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nWWjd TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought "the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise". However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.
VBpy8 TIL that during the American Revolution, British intelligence officer John Andre was executed as a spy. Many people, including Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette, respected Andre and regretted his death.
b9RKp TIL a poll once included the question "Have you ever been decapitated?" 4% of Americans answered yes.
R7eO1 TIL about Bertha Lutz, a Brazilian zoologist who specializes in studying poisson dart frogs that was also a leading figure in the Pan American feminist movement who signed the UN Charter for Brazil and where she also fought for women’s suffrage.
mx0YM TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"