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TIL That in 2003, a pizza delivery man named Brian Wells robbed a PNC bank while wearing an explosive neck collar. The collar exploded when apprehended by police. The purpose of the robbery was to obtain money for a woman who can then pay for a hitman to kill her father for the inheritance.

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