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TIL the man who tried to kidnap Britain's Princess Anne in 1974 is still locked away in a psychiatric hospital "At Her Majesty's pleasure" 45 years later.

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yVKGv TIL the year is 2079, in Nepal
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xNP7 TIL that the 1965 “Slumber Party Barbie” came with a scale permanently set to 110 lbs, and a diet book with just one instruction: “Don’t Eat!”
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4VN6 TIL an extra from Hobo With A Shotgun had been blind from birth. He had recently had eye surgery to fix it and the first thing he ever saw was a scene from the film being shot.