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TIL Queen Victoria survived 8 assassination attempts.

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voP4 TIL that in September 1939 the last thing BBC television aired before going off the air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. When broadcasts resumed in 1946, the same cartoon was replayed.
7wvZ TIL that an adult attracted to teens is an ephebophile not a pedophile
8aEEb TIL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL 9000 incorrectly predicts a ‘mate in two’ in a chess game with the astronaut. Fans have speculated whether this was a filmmaking error, a test by HAL of the human’s reliability, or an early sign that HAL is malfunctioning. Kubrick died without revealing the answer.
wyVW TIL you are more likely to be killed by a toddler in the United States than by a terrorist
Olb6 TIL that when Chuck Norris was asked who would win a fight between him and Bruce Lee, he said, “Bruce [Lee] of course, nobody can beat him.”