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TIL that Tom Cruise is the first actor to legally touch the Hollywood sign

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Bg7Lx TIL: In 1842, John Francis aimed a pistol at Queen Victoria but the gun did not fire and the assailant escaped. The following day, Victoria drove the same route in an attempt to bait Francis into taking a second aim. As expected, Francis shot at her, but he was seized by plainclothes policemen.
AD9nl TIL Great White Sharks are afraid of Orcas and if they see an Orca will leave that space for up to a Year
VMZx0 TIL that the first person to be voted out of the first version of Survivor committed suicide a month after going home.
QJgdd TIL that the Shakopee Mdewakanton are believed to be the richest tribe in American history as measured by individual personal wealth: Each adult, according to court records and confirmed by one tribal member, receives a monthly payment of around $84,000, or $1.08 million a year.
6Eg9w TIL Nat sec advisor Brzezinski was woken at 3am by a call telling him Russia launched 250 ICBMs at the U. S. Minutes later, he received another call: The early-warning system actually showed 2,000 inbound missiles. As he began to phone the president, he received a third call: It was a false alarm.