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TIL in 2019 a man in France weighed and scanned a PS4 as a piece of fruit at a self-serve checkout, paying €9 for the €340 console. He walked away unnoticed and later sold the item for €100. He was only caught because he returned to the same store the very next day. He was sentenced to four months.

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LQQAd TIL about Eric "The Eel": with having learned to swim only 8 months beforehand, the 22 Equatoguinean was able to compete in the Olympics due to a program in assisting developing countries. Nearly drowning, the crowd of 17,000 people cheered him on as he finished proud to represent his country.
Bg8aL TIL there is a skin graft derived from donated human neonate foreskin which is used to treat diabetic wounds
0v9R TIL a movie was created in the 80’s with a murder scene so realistic the director was jailed until the actors could be located.
Bgrak TIL that Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, home of the Grand National, has a motor racing circuit inside it which has hosted the F1 British Grand Prix five times
kJ4Yg TIL Philadelphia's Liberty Bell was transported to San Francisco for 1915's Pan-Pacific International Exposition. It was taken to six different festivals between 1885 and 1904.