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TIL that Sir David Mathew was a Welsh knight who stood at 6'8 (2.03m). At 60 years old he saved the life of Edward IV at the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil (the battle of Towton 1461). He died at the age of 84 in an 'altercation'.

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ZeZp TIL: In 2013, forty year old Heath Campbell strolled into a New Jersey courthouse wearing full Nazi regalia and asked for visitation rights to his toddler claiming “Prisoners get to see their children, murderers get to see their children. What’s so horrible about being a Nazi?”.
W7xDX TIL in 2007 a man had avoided going to jail. He had noticed a void space in a mall, and converted it to an apartment. He lived in it 4 years (rent free.) before he was noticed. He only got probation, and isn’t allowed in the malls area.
wEVE TIL Otto Von Bismarck predicted the start of World war I with quote “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).”
74rP TIL In 1994, cartoonist Mike Diana received a criminal conviction for obscenity for artwork in America, he wasn’t allowed to draw comics even for personal use or just for his house.
v9v7 TIL about Ayds, an appetite suppressing candy that was popular in the ‘70s. It was taken off the market in the late '80s after poor sales due to AIDS awareness.