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TIL that in July 1982, a mentally disturbed man named Michael Fagan entered Buckingham Palace twice and set off alarms both times (that were cleared with little investigation). The first time he encountered a maid and ended up drinking a bottle of wine. The second time, he made it to the Queen.

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