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TIL in 1978 a group of men stole reels of the movie "The Brink's Job" at gunpoint and demanded a million dollar ransom for it's return. "The Brink's Job" itself was a movie about a heist that occurred 30 years prior, where nearly 3 million dollars was stolen.

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EPyo TIL in 2007 The Pirate Bay attempted to buy their own country, Sealand, to attempt to gain immunity from various copyright acts.
N7NRE TIL Most cyclists can achieve 10-12 mph average very quickly with limited training and Tour de France riders achieve 25 miles per hour over 125 miles, but many cyclists never get to an average over 13-15 mph
AD0Zd TIL approximately 230 children were born around 1980-1999 by collecting sperm from ‘genius donors’ (like Nobel prize winners) in a eugenetic attempt to breed entire generations of geniuses.
788gM TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it's antenna directed at Earth.
Z8agD TIL that in 2016, after 168 years of searches the infamous lost ship "Terror" was ultimately found in Terror Bay, which was named after the ship in 1910 - half a century after its disappearance. For a long time, Canada refused to look for a ship there despite numerous statements by the local tribes