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TIL Bruce Willis has dementia

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gMgaL TIL that François-Marie Arouet derived his pen name 'Voltaire' from a Latin anagram of "The Young Arouet."
Bg80K TIL that the Snotingas gave their name to the settlements of Nottingham, which were first recorded as ‘Snotengaham’ or literally ‘the homestead of Snot’s people.’ Over the years, the city’s name was gradually modified until it became known as Nottingham around the 12th century
R78b8 TIL about a murderer who got caught 4 years after the crime because he had gotten the murder scene tattooed on his chest
a8vab TIL Rockall is an uninhabited islet in the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEC). In 1997 the British recognized Rockall wasn't an island and gave up all EEC claims it could have made, Rockall is the only case of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock".
79QO TIL that a 14 year old boy broke into Buckingham Palace and ran off with Queen Victoria’s underwear. He broke in again multiple times and in one of the instances, he was discovered under a sofa in the Queen’s dressing room.