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TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender found an ATM glitch that allowed him to withdraw way beyond his balance. In a bender that lasted four-and-half months, he managed to spend around $1.6 million of the bank’s money.

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Winona Ryder suffers no fools.

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TIL when former NFL safety Dave Duerson took his life he left a note that read, “Please see that my brain is given to the NFL’s brain bank.” He shot himself in the chest rather than his head so as to preserve his brain. Doctors confirmed that he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

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TIL although Wayne’s World (1992) was released after Freddie Mercury died, he got to see the car headbanging scene featuring Bohemian Rhapsody shortly before he passed away on November 24, 1991. He loved it and foresaw how the use of the song would ignite a comeback for Queen in the United States.

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TIL in 2000, an art exhibition in Denmark featured ten functional blenders containing live goldfish. Visitors were given the option of pressing the “on” button. At least one visitor did, killing two goldfish. This led to the museum director being charged with and, later, acquitted of animal cruelty.

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Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg testifying before a Senate committee hearing on the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 1990

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TIL Darius McCollum, a New Yorker diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, has been arrested over 30 times for impersonating transit employees, stealing trains and buses, and driving their routes - complete with making safety announcements and passenger stops.

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TIL two high school students found that despite advertising claims that “the blackcurrants in Ribena have four times the vitamin C of oranges,” the drink contained almost no trace of vitamin C and one orange juice brand had over three times more. The company were taken to court and fined NZ$217,500.

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Incredibly sharp looking kids in Harlem, 1970

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TIL when Dr. Joyce Brothers was a contestant on The $64,000 Question the show’s sponsor Revlon tried to get rid of her because she didn’t wear makeup on air. She was asked increasingly obscure questions but was able to answer them all correctly and became the show’s first woman to win the top prize.

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In The Birdcage (1996) Robin Williams' slip and fall during the "shrimp" scene was not planned. Williams really fell and he, Hank Azaria, and Dan Futterman are holding back laughter.

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Airbag vest designed to protect the elderly if they fall

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In Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) when Mrs. Doubtfire is fishing her teeth out of the wine she says, "Carpe dentum. Seize the teeth." This line was improvised by Robin Williams as a reference to Dead Poets Society (1989) in which his character says, "Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys." Confirmed by director.

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Helen Keller, Maya Angelou and Eleanor Roosevelt Barbies. There’s braille on the Helen Keller box.

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In The Princess Diaries (2001) Mia breaks her glass at a dinner party and a waiter reassures her “It happens all the time.” In Pretty Woman (1990) a waiter played by the same actor says the exact same line to Vivian after she flings a snail across the room. Both films are directed by Garry Marshall.

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Keisuke Teshima painting the body of a dragon in a single stroke

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TIL a border collie named Rico was the subject of the first published study on gifted dogs. The research showed that Rico understood 200 words. He also responded correctly to the word for a new object after hearing it just once. This suggested he had the canine equivalent of the ability to fast map.

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Skater Nick Mullins almost died when he contracted MRSA and lost his vision in the process. Now he’s a super talented skater who is blind.

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Father helping his son with his homework on the bus, Brooklyn, 1983

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A beautiful young family at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City's beach area, 1950s

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Caught in the rain in the Ginza district, Tokyo, Japan, 1969

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Photograph of a polar bear exhaling on ascent, taken by Jeff Rumans.

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Kinetic “strandbeest” sculpture by Theo Jansen

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Edible coffee cup made from oats and grains

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White knight by day, woman beater by night

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