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TIL the judge from the Rick and Morty courtroom sketch was publicly admonished for failing to discharge his duties impartially, competently, and diligently

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VNJZ TIL the “Grandpa Gang,” a group of men the oldest being 76, committed the biggest bank robbery in English history. After climbing down an elevator shaft and drilling through a concrete wall they stole more than $200 million in cash and jewels.
mmKY TIL No one knows where the word “dog” originally came from. Appearing without cognates in Old English, it displaced the more common “hound” within 400 years and went on to find its way into 7 other European languages.
B0EW TIL that people modify their Playstation I to be one of the best sounding CD players in existence.
Do4V TIL that a woman attempted to go through a McDonald’s Drive-Thru on horseback, where she was promptly denied service. Upon being denied service, she entered the restaurant with the horse, which then defecated.
kaGW TIL on January 1 2019, works published in 1923 will enter the public domain. These will be the first works to do so since the 1998 copyright extension commonly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act.