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TIL that rapper Lil Wayne attempted suicide at the age of 12 by shooting himself in the chest and barely missing his heart

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R5pNQ TIL that MI5 were brought in to investigate rumours, that American actress Tallulah Bankhead was having inappropriate relations with Eton school boys in the 1920’s.
X0PbQ TIL that author James Patterson helped write the famous Toys R Us jingle.
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