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e0mwk TIL A Japanese cat burglar was unmasked as a 74-year-old pensioner after 9 years’ worth of heists. Mitsuaki Tanigawa stole more than 29 million yen (£194,000) during his spree. When captured, he said: "I am defeated."
9Jv7 TIL that the phrase “Luck of the Irish” originally ‘carried with it a certain tone of derision, as if to say, only by sheer luck, as opposed to brains, could these fools succeed.’
Z8gKQ TIL that there are ant colonies that span hundreds of miles
xVgBk TIL when The Temptations released the album version of "War", the band and their label didn't press a single version to avoid alienating the more conservative part of their fanbase. However, they allowed Edwin Starr to release his cover of that song as a single, thus boosting his career.
b6Ly0 TIL The little tune that Samsung’s washing machines plays when they’re finished washing is from Franz Schubert’s “The trout”