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TIL that William of Orange in the 16th century was the first man to be assassinated by a gun.

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BrEVD TIL that the Soviet Union sent an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in an attempt to bring back lunar soil. It was in lunar orbit as Armstrong and Aldrin performed their famous spacewalk. It crashed on the lunar surface hours before the Apollo astronauts lifted off for their return to Earth.
DQYDv TIL that boxer Joe Fraizer was blind in one eye, by the time he defeated Muhammad Ali in 1971.
yR7J TIL there is a pig chief character named Spa'am in “Muppet Treasure Island.” Hormel Foods (the makers of Spam) filed a lawsuit against Jim Henson Productions which failed. The judge who dismissed it said “one might think Hormel would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork.”
rRQAo TIL following the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Adidas left their factory for the Soviets. Instead of decommissioning, the Soviets used similar designs from the Adidas Gazelles for their military uniforms in Afghanistan and the "Mockba" style of shoes became a status symbol among Soviet special forces
p84Nb TIL a team of thieves stole $18,000 worth of tracking devices from a warehouse. They were apprehended within hours