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TIL that a 74 year old Japanese man dressed as a ninja and burgled 254 homes and stole $260,000 worth of goods before finally being caught by local police.

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v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
P79L TIL the first person diagnosed with autism is still alive and living in Mississippi.
oXgK TIL there are 43 giant sculptures of the heads of former U.S. Presidents, rotting away in a Virginian field due to a failed tourist attraction named “President’s Park”.
wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
KYrNB TIL a 1553 world map published by Petrus Apianus called North America "Baccalearum", meaning "realm of the Cod fish", in reference to the abundance of cod fish on the East Coast.