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TIL in 2008, a panda at a zoo in southern China attacked a man who wanted a cuddle. “Yangyang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him,” Liu was quoted as saying from his hospital bed.

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yQkwv TIL when Will Smith was 12, his grandma found his profanity-laced notebook and wrote, "Dear Will, truly intelligent people don't have to use words like this to express themselves. Please show the world that you're as smart as we think you are," on the back -- inspiring him to be a "clean" rapper.
6E8N8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II is related to her husband, the King of Norway, the King of Spain, the King of Sweden, the Queen of Denmark and was also related to the Romanovs. All thanks to Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren marrying all over Europe.
oB1VR TIL There's a whole genre of stories wherein Bill Murray meets somebody, does something weird, then runs off after whispering "No one will ever believe you" to the storyteller.
8aK9L TIL Shakespeare became wealthy by hoarding grain, and reselling at inflated prices during a period of famine. He used the profits for money-lending activity and was pursued by authorities for tax evasion and was prosecuted for hoarding grain.
ANPBw TIL in 1970, Sly and the Family Stone cancelled 26 of their 80 concerts and numerous others started late. In January 1975, the band booked itself at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The music hall was only one-eighth occupied, and Stone had to scrape together money to return home.