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TIL There is a shark that lives for several hundreds of years

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b6oZZ TIL C. J. Lewis tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981 and two years later he tried to escape from psych ward to kill Prince Charles
oBdrE TIL that while Drew Struzan is famous for his movie posters, he also designed album cover artwork for many artists including The Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Black Sabbath, Glenn Miller, Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper, Bach, Earth, Wind and Fire and Liberace.
pypA TIL there is a hungarian nazi terrorist group called Betyársereg, whom you can call if you are in “trouble” and their squad will come and help you out. They don’t charge for their “services” if Roma people are involved.
yJQw TIL a company called Beyond Meat makes protein-rich and sustainable meat alternatives made entirely from plants. Bill Gates writes that he was “fooled by how real it tasted” and called it “a taste of the future of food”.
OwY4 TIL Elephants are compassionate toward the weak and altruistic toward other species