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TIL a guy dressed as Santa Claus in 1927 caused the biggest manhunt ever in Texas by robbing a bank. AND there use to be a $5k reward for civilians at the time for shooting a bank robber dead which meant over 100 people turned up to shoot Santa.

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xMZ5 TIL that in Feudal Japan, there was an untouchable caste comprised of “impure” professions such as executioners, undertakers, workers in slaughterhouses, butchers or tanners. 400 years later, descendants of this caste may still face discrimination.
wjVJ TIL that in India mobile internet was used 4.1 million times per month on average to search with the word ‘rape’ over the past year.Search keywords included “Indian girls raped”, “raping video”,“raped in public”, “little girl raped”, “raping mom”, “father raping daughter” and “raped to death”.
vdBr TIL Canadian F-18s have a “false canopy” painted on the underside of the plane to confuse enemy pilots during dogfights.
9Ow6 TIL Emma Watson almost wasn’t Hermione in the Half-Blood Prince. She had considered not returning but decided that she wouldn’t be able to watch someone else play Hermione.
aJvZ TIL that The New York Times had Elizabeth Taylor’s obituary ready for so long that the WRITER of the piece died 6 years before her.