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TIL that Princess Zelda was named after Scott Fitzgerald’s (The Great Gatsby author) wife.

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m1NLM TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life
8e7gX TIL that in Boggle, the only two Fs and the only K are on the same cube, making it impossible to spell any word containing both F and K. Combining B and J is impossible for the same reason.
Zpx1Q TIL during the Battle of Waterloo the French suffered nearly 40,000 casualties making it one of the deadliest events in French military history. The defeat marked the end of Napoleon’s military career
AD6Ko TIL in 1998 Charlie Brooker caused a magazine to be pulled from the shelves for writing an article depicting children taking out their violent impulses on animals in the fictional 'Helmut Werstler's Cruelty Zoo'
BrRVL TIL at Gettysburg a Union regiment sacrificed itself by charging into a Confederate force which outnumbered them 5 to 1. They suffered 82% casualties in 5 minutes, including the commander. However they managed to buy time for Union forces to set up defensive positions that stopped Pickett's charge.