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TIL that the medieval French Chapelle de Bethléem has been restored with grotesques referencing popular culture, including Gremlins and Alien.

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kJQJ5 TIL in 2013, 235 Filipinos invaded Malaysia in and attempt to conquer North Borneo, without approval of the Philippine Government
yX8V TIL Anthony Curcio put an ad on Craigslist for 15-20 similarly dressed workers for a fake cleanup project and to meet in a bank parking lot at the time he was to rob an armored truck. Curcio, dressed like the others, worked the grounds, pepper-sprayed the driver, and left with over $400,000.
GAwrE TIL that the oldest still-operating webcam in the world is The FogCam! At San Fransisco State University It launched in July, 1994
9YALB TIL the voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married in real life
wreE TIL China’s subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.