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TIL That on Queen Elizabeth II's trip to New Zealand in 1981, a 17-year old fired at gun at her, hoping to kill her

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4VnR TIL Joanne Rowling, better known by her initials J K, does not have a middle name. The use of the author’s initials instead of her full name was a marketing ploy designed to make her work acceptable to boys.
eNVL TIL that morning show host Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit on air every day for year to highlight that women are judged for their appearance on TV in a way that men aren’t. In that time, he did not receive a single complaint about his suit. “No one has noticed; no one gives a shit,”
8aEP4 TIL The Price Is Right rigs the plinko game for promotional ads using fishing line so that the chip lands in the $10,000 slot. The wire was mistakenly left in place and a contestant dropped 3 consecutive chips before it was noticed. She was allowed to keep the money.
mxL7o TIL about objective tinnitus: a form of tinnitus that others can hear too
epVBb TIL about Valentino syndrome, named after Rudolph Valentino, who died of a perforated gastric ulcer misdiagnosed as appendicitis.