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TIL The USAAF developed a copy of the V-1 flying bomb during WW2

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7r8LP TIL Wendy O. Williams was a punk rocker known for blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars. In 1993 she tried committing suicide by hammering a knife into her chest. She succeeded five years later with a pistol.
QJ1oe TIL the flag of Denmark is the oldest flag in the world still in use (since 1219).
dDeaB TIL that during a troop carrying mission in World War 2, the RMS Queen Mary was struck by a rogue wave and came within three degrees of capsizing. Paul Gallico, who was on board, would later write The Poseidon Adventure based on this incident.
p8prZ TIL the famous Rokeby Venus painting was attacked by a suffragette with a meat cleaver in 1914. She stated that she wanted to destroy the most beautiful woman in mythological history, in protest against the government for destroying Emmeline Pankhurst, the most beautiful woman in modern history.
epBoE TIL "Desperado" was not a hit for the Eagles until Linda Ronstadt recorded it. According to an interview with Don Henley