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TIL Queen Victoria survived 8 assassination attempts.
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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.
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TIL that an adult attracted to teens is an ephebophile not a pedophile
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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.
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TIL you are more likely to be killed by a toddler in the United States than by a terrorist
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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.”