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TIL Ronald Reagan's pet name for his wife Nancy was "Mommie Poo Pants"

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gMVAL TIL that Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Axis dictator Benito Mussolini, is Sophia Loren's niece, released a #1 pop record in Japan, appeared in topless in Playboy, has acted in a dozen films, and has been a member of Parliament since 1992
5Ve4P TIL that Elton John considers Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" to be one of the best songs ever written.
l7J6N TIL McDonald's closed in Iceland, but the last burger and fries still linger on and are now in a glass encased shrine in a guest house in South Iceland. Twelve plus years later, neither appear to have decayed one bit.
epBPb TIL that when domesticated pigs escape into the wild, they undergo a dramatic metamorphosis into feral pigs. They grow tough fur, tusks and become extremely aggressive.
0dAKM TIL from WTC debris, the structural steel was bought by scrap metal industry and sold to Chinese and Indian second hand metal markets. Several buildings were built with Twin Tower steel across Indian cities, including a college and a trade centre.