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TIL of the ‘Wheaton Bandit’ who robbed 16 banks in the mid 2000s, but had the statute of limitations expire on his crimes

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rRXXo TIL that people with synesthesia can see sounds, taste words, for them hearing a person talk can trigger seeing colors, even letters can cause that effect.
D10Wj TIL that farmers have cows swallow a big magnet, so when cows eat things like loose nails, it doesn’t travel through their digestive tract and rip it open.
1AJO TIL a man made a life vest to help his pet fish who could no longer swim.
LkovQ TIL in 1924, a Russian scientist started blood transfusion experiments, hoping to achieve eternal youth. After 11 blood transfusions, he claimed he had improved his eyesight and stopped balding. He died after a transfusion with a student suffering from malaria and TB (The student fully recovered).
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