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TIL There was an attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne outside Buckingham Palace where her protection officer was shot

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W7dnd TIL Billie Eilish’s mother, American actress Maggie Baird, voiced Samara in Mass Effect 2
kJWD7 TIL that Ian Fleming, the author who created the character of James Bond named the first ever Bond girl, Vesper Lynd of Casino Royale, after a cocktail. The drink was a mix of frozen rum, fruit and herbs that Ian had stumbled across in Jamaica.
wokPo TIL that Maryland in 1949 passed a law to regulate lead paint usage. In 1950, they repealed the law.
L9aP TIL that Simon Cowell praised Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”: “the fact that it’s making people so angry is brilliant”. He advised her to not “listen to anyone over the age of 18. I’m being deadly serious. Whatever she’s done has worked … she’s the most talked-about artist in America right now”.
N78vJ TIL A village in New Zealand wanted to ban all domestic cats - to protect native wildlife.