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TIL that in 'A Clockwork Orange', the term used to refer to Alex's band of antisocial delinquents ("droogs") is derived from the Russian word for friend or buddy.

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RNg8 TIL Janis Joplin left money in her will for a funeral party - the Grateful Dead performed
0wEKj TIL, when Germany surrendered at the end of WWII, huge celebrations broke out on the streets of London. Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister secretly left Buckingham Palace to join the crowds outside, with Elizabeth describing it as "one of the most memorable nights of my life"
gr559 TIL that Jeanne Calment, the world's longest lived person, recorded and released an electronic, funk, and rap album 1 year before she died, making her the worlds first and only funk artist, electronic artist, and rapper to come from the 1800's
0w7GA TIL: Stephen Lyon Crohn was a man that was born with a genetic mutation that allowed him to be immune to AIDS. He was also the great-nephew of Burril Bernard Crohn for whom Crohn's Disease is named.
M7Db0 TIL back when margarine was illegal in several states, New Hampshire tried to mandate that sellers dye the butter alternative pink. However, the Supreme Court ruled that "pink is not the color of oleomargarine in its natural state."