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TIL the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm was James Stewart, Regent of Scotland, in 1570

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Y76Ox TIL of Robert Moses, never elected to office, held up to 12 titles at once, including NYC Parks Commissioner. He transformed New York with projects like Jones Beach, the NY State Parkway System, and the Triborough Bridge, influencing city development nationwide.
kZ4B TIL that in 1961 Belgians, with CIA involvement, ordered the murder of a democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo who just wanted for the Congolese to regain the natural resources still being under foreign control since the colonial times
7re0M TIL Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve became close friends after meeting at Julliard in 1973. “Occasionally Robin would need to switch off and have a serious conversation with someone, and I was always ready to listen... This has remained true for twenty-five years.”
oRrEA TIL the Godfather 2 is the first sequel to win Best Picture at the Oscars
p848N TIL the inventor and promoter of leaded petrol, Thomas Midgley Jr, went on to also invent Freon - the first chloroflurocarbon. His last invention, a pully system to help him get out of bed while suffering polio, tangled up one day and strangled him.