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TIL the head of Henry IV was found in an attic in 2010.

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YpD8W TIL in 1940, a woman attempted to assassinate Shirley Temple because she believed that Temple had stolen her daughter's soul. Temple was performing on stage as the woman took out a handgun and aimed, but security managed to stop her before she could shoot.
D01v TIL: Chipotle peppers are simply smoked jalapeños; it takes 10 lbs of jalapeños to create 1 lb of chipotle
wLx6 TIL that in Australian pornography, a woman’s labia has to be removed through photoshop because they are thought to be “too obscene”
Wkb9X TIL that cum gutters are actually called iliac furrows. People also know them as Apollo's belt and Adonis' belt.
KOBw6 TIL about Dr. Rodney Marks, an Australian astrophysicist who died from methanol poisoning while working at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. The cause of the fatal methanol poisoning has never been determined. Forty-nine other people were at the base at the time of Marks' death.