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TIL that 'Greeble' is a name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models to make them appear more complex.

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X0vMR TIL on Easter Sunday someone accessed the GardaWorld cash storage facility in Sylmar & stole $30 million in what's considered the largest heist in Los Angeles history. The culprit managed to breach the facility & then disappear with the loot without anyone noticing until the next day.
epVxg TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row."
nKeY TIL Facebook’s mobile app discretely eavesdrops on your conversations using your phone’s mic to “serve you a better experience”
yVr0e TIL In the span of less than 1 year, both President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office for separate reasons
8aAnL TIL napping after a learning session leads to significantly better recall rate of the learned material one week later