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TIL infamous Jimmy Saville, a true "master of hiding in public", was familiar with British upper class, so much so former Prince and today's King Charles would ask HIM instead of all of his stuff for advice on delicate speeches because he considered Saville down to earth and a man of the people.

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JYxoj TIL Countess Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was convicted of killing 38 female serfs by beating and torturing them to death. Imprisoned at Ivanovsky Convent in Moscow; for the first 11 years, she was chained in a basement dungeon without a window and only given a candle during meals.
Lk589 TIL Norway's $1tn Sovereign Wealth Fund owns 1.5% of shares worldwide. They use this clout to push gender-equal pay and reasonable executive salaries while blacklisting 'unethical' companies. They are considering adding high carbon emitters to this blacklist too.
b96a4 TIL When Tim Schafer, co-designer of Secret of Monkey Island was being interviewed for LucasArts, he said he was a big fan of LucasArts' game "Ballblaster". The interviewer told him the game was named "Ballblazer" and only the pirated copies were named "Ballblaster"
6wO8 TIL spray paint used to cake up in automobile factories to such a degree that it could be cut, polished, and set in jewelry. The resulting stone is known as “Fordite” or “Motor Agate”
jNeaX TIL the Calusa Native American tribe ate shellfish and discarded middens of shell waste into Florida waters for generations, forming an entire island, ecosystem, and archaeological site known as Mound Key