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TIL that Britney Spears is under a conservatorship which is reserved usually for people mentally ill or in vegetative state. Britney has reportedly stated that she wants to quit showbiz but she can’t make any personal or financial decisions of her life and is forced to continue.

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QJ5Q9 TIL about the attempted assassination of Gerald Ford. This attempted assassination happened in Sacramento on September, 5, 1975 while meeting California State Governor Jerry Brown. The perpetrator failed to fire their gun. Luckily no one was injured.
6Elm8 TIL each year about 100 US firefighters are convicted of arson. The issue is so prevalent that the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit both created profiles of an arsonist firefighter.
jvon TIL during the California Gold Rush, the distinct lack of women in San Fransisco caused gay culture to flourish. Men would often pay for “female impersonators” to be prostitutes.
ypL8 TIL The Amazing Randi (James Randi), while debunking a psychic who bent silverware, was accused of being a fraud. Twice he was accused of using actual psychic powers to pretend he was just a magician.
RxL6 TIL in 1600 one of the first Englishmen to land in Japan ended up a samurai and adviser to the Shogun