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TIL the term "dude" was first used in the 19th century to mock men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashion trends

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JYGGm TIL: Of Michael Fagan an unemployed man down on his luck who broke into Buckingham palace twice, stole a bottle of wine on first entry, returned a week later and spoke directly to the queen in her own bed to complain of the current state and of the UK.
VMvVp TIL Brandon Lee was killed during the production of the movie The Crow. Several years later stuntman Marc Akerstream was killed during the production of a TV show based on the movie.
VRaG TIL in 1991 there was an oil spill in the Persian Gulf, more than 10x more oil than the Exxon Valdez that was never cleaned up.
BGwK TIL Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying $700 million in taxes.
PYymn TIL Traudl Junge worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary, from 1942 to 1945, typing out his last will and testament the day before his suicide. At 22, she was the youngest of his private secretaries, and years later said she felt guilty for, "liking the greatest criminal ever to have lived."