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TIL Queen Victoria had 8 Failed Assassination Attempts Made Against Her

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m9MM TIL that every known prime number above 3 is one more or less than a multiple of 6 (6n±1)
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9wx5r TIL "Seven Nation Army" became a global sports anthem after a Belgian soccer team's fans heard it in a bar before a big game, sang it while they won, and adopted it as their unofficial team anthem; it spread to other European teams and came back to the US as a Penn State football anthem.
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X01xr TIL: A town in Nevada STILL sounds a "sundown siren" at 6pm every evening, originally signifying that Native Americans were required to leave town by 6:30pm or face jail or fine