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TIL two con men sold a fake painting for €1.5 million, only to find out that all the money was counterfeit

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6ElMJ TIL A star just disappeared and scientist cannot explain what happened.
KQ6a TIL when the Abbey National Building Society moved into 219-229 Baker Street, London, they employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes (fictional address: 221b Baker Street)
X6OP TIL that 4chan users once convinced 9gag users to DDoS themselves.
ADl6w TIL that one of Russia's deadliest contract killers, Alexander Solonik, was credited with 43 kills. He was killed in 1997 by another contract killer sent by the mob he was working for.
MePwb TIL Libyan dictator Gaddafi's son, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, had a football "career". Announcers were only allowed to mention his name and the military prevented any protests. 'Recruited' into Serie A had one substitute appearance before failing a drug test. He was considered "twice as slow as slow itself."