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TIL that former British number 1 tennis star Andy Murray was at Dunblane Primary School on the day of the 1996 Dunblane School Massacre

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b9Xn4 TIL Ex-President Ronald Reagan occupied the 34th-floor Fox Plaza office building (where parts of "Die Hard" were shot) til 2001, breaking tradition by using a private office over a federal one. When Reagan aides toured the 34th-floor in 1989, it was littered with shells/broken glass from "Die Hard".
R7j89 TIL of Leona Helmsley, one of New York's richest women who was described as a tyrannical boss that fired people for the slightest mistakes. She left a $12 million dollar inheritance to her dog while cutting out her grandchildren from the will.
GYVdQ TIL that former West Ham United chairman Björgólfur Guðmundsson was valued at $1.1 billion at the start of his tenure in 2007, and was the 1014th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. After owning the club for one year, his value dropped to $0 and he declared bankruptcy.
49BR TIL a fly is not the zipper itself, but the flap of cloth concealing the zipper!
VM7OQ TIL that the Italian liqueur manufacturer Amaretto ran an advertisement campaign where almond scented aerosol was spread in London Underground stations, which smells just like cyanide gas.