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8a9vX TIL that Henry VIII never had sex with his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, because he believed that she had a “bad” appearance. He later complained that he had been misled by people about her looks and a court painting had exaggerated her beauty. The marriage was later annulled.
g057 TIL that the name of the KA-BAR knife, used by the US Marines and Navy, originated from a trapper’s illegible writing after claiming he used the knife to “kill a bear” in 1923.
GAPBg TIL that in the 1970s Theo Albrecht (one of the founders of Aldi) was kidnapped, haggled the ransom down to 7 million marks and (unsucessfully) tried to claim the ransom as a tax deductible business expense
YJJx TIL currently in Mauritania 680,000 or 20% of the population is enslaved.
9YREM TIL that when Nelson Mandela left the prison gates in 1990, one newsman shoved a modern microphone in his face. He recoiled slightly, wondering if it were some newfangled weapon that had been developed while he was in prison