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TIL luxury British lingerie company Rigby & Peller lost its royal warrant of appointment after June Keaton, the company's owner and former bra-fitter to the Queen, referenced her trips to Buckingham Palace in her autobiography "Storm in a D-Cup".

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kO9o7 TIL there are no documented cases of a historical pirate treasure map.
E1oLx TIL that after a horse ran into No Man's Land during World War I and got shot, French soldiers decided to replace it with a fake papier-mache horse with a sniper inside. He also had a telephone wire so he could message back to the trenches on enemy movement. The ploy was discovered after three days.
W7JnL TIL North Korea is responsible for adding the hot beverage (☕), umbrella with raindrops (☔) and lightning bolt (⚡) emojis
xVKDD TIL that after the experience of playing Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise established a charitable foundation to help disabled veterans and their families
KYr8R TIL that in 2005, Roy E. Disney ousted then-CEO Micheal Eisner alleging mismanagement, neglect of the studio's animation division, failures with ABC, and a corporate mentality in the executive structure that turned the Walt Disney Company into a “rapacious and soulless” conglomerate.