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TIL that the Bible is not only the best selling book of all time, but it is also the most shoplifted one.

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oB5VA TIL An Arizona man, Paul Menchaca, was charged with multiple counts of sex abuse and fraudulent schemes after he allegedly faked having Down syndrome and hired female caregivers to bathe him and change his diapers. Using an online service, Menchaca posed as his mother to lure alleged victims.
ADbGx TIL that the hands of Winifred Atwell, one of the UK's most successful pianists of all time, were famously insured by Lloyd's of London for £40,000 with her policy stipulating that she was never to wash any dishes. She remains the only female instrumentalist to have a UK Singles Chart No.1.
rRr8d TIL that the person who sung the song 'Santa Baby' was also the person who voiced the character Yzma from 'The Emperor's New Groove'
5Y9y8 TIL Dick Van Dyke dropped out of high school during his senior year in 1944 to join the military. He went on to earn his diploma in 2004 at the age of 78.
Y47d TIL that every year on 21 June, the BBC World Service makes a special broadcast to an audience of just 44 isolated Antarctic researchers, to celebrate midwinter.