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TIL a convenience store clerk was fired for letting a robber steal too much while at gun point.

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kOm8g TIL that a cow escaped from a Polish farm and was spotted months later living with a herd of wild bison.
6E7pQ TIL that clapperboards are used to synchronize audio and video captured in separate devices
neWJb In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a poor woman with a middle-school education, made one of the greatest medical contributions ever. Her cells, taken from a cervical-cancer biopsy, became the first immortal human cell line—the cells reproduce infinitely in a lab. Although other immortal lines have since been established, Lacks's "HeLa" cells are the standard in labs around the world. Together they outweigh 100 Empire State Buildings and could circle the equator three times.
oRRNr TIL Cyrillic Alphabet was firstly used by Bulgarians.
eorn TIL in the late 80’s, Weird Al turned down 5 million dollars to star in a beer commercial. He said he turned it down because he believed that a lot of his fans were young and impressionable