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TIL Helen Mirren pretended to be Queen Elizabeth to fulfill a 10 year old’s dying wish. They had tea, and he had no idea it wasn’t the real thing.

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D1gaj TIL bloodhounds are so adept at scent tracking that the results are admissible evidence in a court of law. One of the greatest sleuths in canine history was a Kentucky bloodhound called Nick Carter. His dogged persistence led to the capture and conviction of 600+ criminals throughout his career.
g77y TIL President Garfield’s assassin chose an ivory-handled gun over a similar wooden-handled model because he knew it would look better in a museum exhibit.
D4Ne TIL The first woman in space was not Sally Ride, but Valentina Tereshkova
xD75 TIL: Plants produce capsaicin to discourage rodents from eating the fruit (and grinding the seeds in the process) but birds can’t detect the chemical and don’t destroy the seeds
o6nY TIL when Brig. Gen. Otis Howard had his right arm amputated after being wounded in battle, fellow Union Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny (who lost his left arm in the American-Mexican War) later remarked, “General, we will have to buy gloves together!”