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TIL C. J. Lewis tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981 and two years later he tried to escape from psych ward to kill Prince Charles

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YDQr TIL “The Powerpuff Girls” were originaly called “The Whoopass Girls”
47g6 TIL that the infamous “chestburster” scene in “Alien” was inspired by a screenwriter’s struggle with Crohn’s disease, a inflammatory bowel disease that made him feel like something was trying to punch its way out of his chest.
JZok TIL female pigs were used to hunt truffles as they are attracted to their smell, which resembles that of a male pig’s sex hormones. The use of pigs to hunt truffle was banned in Italy in 1985 as they tend to damage the truffles while hunting.
R7J14 TIL: American cheeses have that distinctive orange color because producers dye it with a natural food additive, Annatto. The color was once considered to indicate higher quality cow diet and superior quality cheese.
5YVjD TIL there is an island in Massachusetts named “No Mans Land”. The island is now an unstaffed animal refuge and is closed to public use due to safety risks from “unexploded ordnance”, as it was previously utilized by the U.S. Navy.