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TIL of Carlos, Prince of Asturias. Due to him having four great-grandparents instead of the maximum of eight, he had numerous issues such as roasting animals alive and whipped a serving girl when he was eleven. He became so mentally unstable that he died in solitary confinement at 23 years old.

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