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TIL that Lawrence John Ripple robbed a bank and then waited in the lobby, later telling the investigators he’d rather be in jail than with his wife

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9EJm TIL in The Island of Dr. Moreau Marlon Brando wore a small radio receiver to aid him remembering his lines. Co-Star David Thewlis claimed “He’d be in the middle of a scene and suddenly he’d be picking up police messages and Marlon would repeat, ‘There’s a robbery at Woolworths’.”
yQkx8 TIL Chinese American Tyrus Wong was the lead artist for Disney's Bambi. His background paintings for Bambi were inspired by Song dynasty classical Chinese paintings. He was fired from Disney studio due to a strike and his full contribution to the film was largely unknown for several decades
9Y7O6 TIL European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), native to Europe, were first introduced by Shakespeare enthusiasts in 1890 in Central Park, NY with the release of about 100 birds, and they are now one of the most abundant and destructive birds in North America with a population of roughly 200 million.
0l6y TIL most deaths from overdoses occur when a recovering addict relapses, and takes a dose that they’ve by then lost the tolerance for.
5V8w9 TIL that the Roman Emperor Vespasian once levied a tax on urine—the collected urine from public urinals was used in processes like leather tanning and laundering. When questioned about the nature of this revenue, Vespasian famously replied, "Pecunia non olet," meaning “money does not stink.”