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TIL about Princess Alexandria of Bavaria, who believed she had swallowed a glass grand piano when she was a child that could shatter at any time — and she was not the only royal with this delusion.

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e0kKb TIL in 2008, a British man was found dead at his apartment- he had been decapitated by a chainsaw. He was the last tenant in a block of flats which had been cleared for redevelopment. Police said his death was not suspicious. Post-mortem tests showed he died of a "complete transection of the neck".
WyA9 TIL Ian Fleming named James Bond after an American bird expert and stated he chose the name because he wanted Bond to be “an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened…I thought by God, James Bond is the dullest name I ever heard.”
X0Dnj TIL that from 1974-1975 Chuckles (the jelly candies) sponsored stuntman Evel Knievel
R5nZj TIL that mountain lions kill animals much larger than they can eat in a sitting, because other predators (wolves, bears, etc) will inevitably steal their prey. These carcasses become complete ecosystems to several insects who travel from carcass to carcass.
ANMrd TIL that Charles Joughin, a baker on the Titanic, survived by getting spectacularly drunk