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TIL each King in a deck of cards is based off a historical figurre

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awl9N TIL Abraham Lincoln’s dog Fido was murdered by a knife-wielding drunk guy a few months after Lincoln’s assassination.
xVOQb TIL Jello mix can be eaten straight out of the box and even used as fun dip. I think I found my new fav snack.
7PmM TIL that in 2009, Oklahoman cops tasered an 86-year old disabled woman in her bed for taking a ‘more aggressive stance’. There made sure she would not resist further by stepping on her oxygen line until she couldn’t breathe.
R5nJ7 TIL of the 1991 Downing Street mortar attack, in which IRA members launched three mortars at No. 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting, attempting to kill John Major. One hit the lawn 30 yards away, and it is believed that if this mortar had hit the building the entire cabinet would have died.
PYP9g TIL Lightning storms can make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter