TIL Rod Serling originally wrote an episode about Emmett Till but it was rejected and so he turned to science fiction, instead, to talk about social issues, creating The Twilight Zone. smithsonianmag.com Submitted by 2wedfgdfgfgfg t3_zug7uz on December 24, 2022 at 6:57 PM in todayilearned No comments 2
2wedfgdfgfgfg t1_it9xx3o wrote on October 22, 2022 at 12:41 AM Reply to comment by dbeards in TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat They got Charles Bronson to do most of the heavy digging. Permalink Parent 1
2wedfgdfgfgfg t1_it9xx3o wrote
Reply to comment by dbeards in TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat
They got Charles Bronson to do most of the heavy digging.