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TIL, in 1566, A heavily pregnant Mary, Queen of Scotts, was held up at gunpoint, as her Secretary (David Rizzio), was dragged away from her and stabbed to death by her Husband and his co-conspirators, forcing Mary to witness the execution as he begged the Queen to save him.

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jnoM TIL that the movie Trojan Wars with a budget of $15,000,000 has earned only $309 in box office
16VR8 TIL Amidst the sinking of the RMS Titanic, some passengers refused to evacuate, convinced that staying onboard was safer than the small lifeboats. However, Chief baker Charles Joughin intervened, forcefully guiding hesitant passengers onto the deck and into the lifeboats for their own well-being.
Wkg7A TIL that when Michael Jackson granted Weird Al Yankovic permission to do "Fat" (a parody of "Bad"), Jackson allowed him to use the same set built for his own "Badder" video from the Moonwalker film. Yankovic said that Jackson's support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody.
XExYP TIL about Elizabeth Cochrane, who, under the pseudonym of Nellie Bly, got herself admitted into an insane asylum in Blackwell's Island by feigning insanity to uncover what really goes on there and how the patients are treated. Her exposé of the conditions of the patients were collected into a book
XEnaj TIL the last words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr were, "make sure you play Take My Hand, Precious Lord. Play it real pretty." Seconds later he was shot. The song ends with "through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light. Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home"