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TIL Soviet planned to crush NATO in just 7 day

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OodJ4 TIL in 2019 thieves broke into the Green Vault, the largest collection of treasures in Europe, escaping with an estimated $1 billion in items. There are no known suspects and no one has been arrested to date.
JYnrk TIL a man robbed two bank after covering his face in lemon juice, which he believed would hide him from the cameras because it was "invisible ink". His case led psychologists to describe the Dunning-Kruger effect, where ignorance leads people to overestimate their knowledge.
NXYdP TIL about hobby horsing, a "sport" where you get to run and jump on a stick horse.
Z870D TIL before the age of alarm clocks, there was a job known as the “knocker up” where a man would tap on someones window with a long pole until they were awake. Often factories would hire men to ensure they made it to the knocker up position on time.
b9O44 TIL the United States has military equipment stashed away in large caves in Norway so that if they need to defend them, the U.S. can just fly in troops and use the prepositioned equipment