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TIL that Jack Paar walked off "The Tonight Show" during a live recording after censors cut a joke about a water closet the previous night

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ney97 TIl that in 1926 Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini. However, the first shot only hit his nose and the gun misfired when the attempted a second. She was released without charge, deported to the Britain and spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.
e0RgD TIL That when humans lose weight 80% of the fat is exhaled through the lungs.
KY86R TIL the main reason why Francis Ford Coppola used The Doors’ song "The End" at the beginning of his 1979 film “Apocalypse Now”, was because he found it humorous to use a song titled "The End" at the start of the movie.
oBlmR TIL that Elenor Roosevelt contributed to serving the worst meals in White House history during FDR’s presidency. Partly to symbolize to the American population during the Great Depression that nutritious food can be made on the cheap. Also to seek revenge on FDR for his affair w/ Lucy Mercer.
kO0V1 TIL About 85 percent of the things you worry about never happen.