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TIL that a 70 year old man tried to robbed a bank so he could get into jail to avoid his wife. The judge promtly sentenced him to 6 months house arrest

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16nRW TIL the Prinz Adalbert a German Naval ship during WW1 was torpedoed by a British submarine, it exploded and sank immediately with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors.
dMZ9 TIL that there are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
0wpwM TIL that in the 1980's, people living in the borders of forests in India and Bangladesh were issued plastic face masks to wear on the back of their heads. Tiger attacks virtually stopped because the tigers thought people were looking at them when their backs were turned.
xVZ71 TIL There was a Breaking Bad Fan-Edit Film created by 2 dedicated fans of the series, simply titled Breaking Bad: The Movie, which condensed the entire series into a two-hour feature film.
6J5l TIL in 1983, a struggling Atari dumped tons of unsold, unsalable inventory into a pit in Alamogordo, New Mexico. This was considered an urban legend until 30 years later, when they were unearthed by an excavation crew. The haul included E.T., Atari catalogs, and Raiders of the Lost Ark promotionals.