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TIL: Noam Chomsky was considered as a political enemy by Richard Nixon

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W7wZd TIL of the 5 known assassination attempts on Queen Elizabeth II, the one that came closest to succeeding was attempted by a 17-year-old New Zealander, who shot at her with a .22 calibre rifle, but missed so badly that nobody even realised shots were fired.
P1KYO TIL that Linear A, the writing system used by the Minoans of Crete, still hasn't been deciphered.
jnyE TIL Paul Reubens tested out the appeal of the Pee Wee Herman character by responding to a cattle call audition for the Dating Game. They called him to appear on the show before he even made it back home.
VMp60 TIL Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today."
xVdyk TIL the "Mona" in Mona Lisa is a misspelled title. It was originally "Monna", which is a polite title in Italian, kind of like Ma'am. Meanwhile, "Mona" is vulgar, meaning "idiot" or even "cunt"