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TIL in 1590, starving Parisians ground human bones into bread

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D1n1D TIL The world’s oldest known spider lived to be 43. Named Number 16, she died after being stung by a wasp.
Meg9m TIL of Adam Rainer, the only known person in history to be both a giant and a dwarf, he was 3’8” at age 19, and 7’8” at age 51
wLjgP TIL There is no age limit to be the House Speaker, you just have to be a US Citizen to be 3rd in the line of succession.
LNjd TIL King John of Bohemia (who was blind) died in battle (where his retainers would lead his horse into the thick of the fighting, where he would then flail his sword around) was reported to have said: “Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs [from a fight]!”
LQwDQ TIL that Martin Kemp, one of the members of Spandau Ballet, was also a major cast member of the soap opera Eastenders.