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TIL: nothing starts with n and ends with g.

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D1KYj TIL As a way to legitimize their rule, medieval kings of England and France would touch people infected with Scrofula, a disease which causes swelling around the neck, expecting the royal touch to miraculously cure the patients. Henry IV of France touched 1,250 patients in one day
8eNL8 TIL the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 764 people
loGlr TIL in WW2, the British made their plane's external fuel tanks out of paper-mache, to save metal
lkMK TIL that 15 minutes of shivering from cold temperatures can be the metabolic equivalent of 1 hour of exercise.
OoPJ1 TIL a total of nine nuclear submarines have been sunk around the world and most remain on the ocean floor with their nuclear weapons and reactors intact.