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TIL: In 2022, a pair of trousers belonging to a 17th century court dwarf was sold for £10k. It belonged to Sir Jeffrey Hudson or as he was known "Lord Minimus", a favored dwarf who was enslaved and presented to the queen in a pie. He was later banished for killing a man in a duel.

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