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TIL Ali G’s ”real” name is Alistair Leslie Graham

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lapV TIL Alfred Hitchcock made the first recorded “Thats what she said” joke in 1929.
wlWM TIL in 1992 an Israeli cargo plane crashed in Amsterdam killing 43 people. Israel claimed it was carrying flowers and perfume. It took 6yrs and a Dutch parliamentary inquiry before they admitted it was carrying DMMP, a key component for sarin nerve gas.
Ypjxr TIL in 1996, a patient with gender dysphoria was successfully treated using pimozide
78klZ TIL that the Philippines, despite being a former Spanish colony, uses the Portuguese naming convention—where Filipinos usually carry more than 1 first name, their mother's surname (as the middle name), and their father's surname.
KxaE TIL Sean Penn has been charged with battery, fled Hong Kong prison after being arrested for attempted murder, hit his ex-wife Madonna over the head with a baseball bat, and tortured her for 9 hours after tying her to a chair.