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TIL Juan Peron's hands were cut off and stolen by a grave robber after his death.

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Bgydy TIL that Henry VIII technically had only two wives , Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves weren't divorced, but were instead annulled meaning in legal terms the marriages never existed. Henry did the same to Anne Boleyn before he executed her.
5YEEB TIL That The highest wind speed ever recorded occurred on Barrow Island, Australia. On April 10th, 1996, an unmanned weather station measured a 253 mph wind gust during Tropical Cyclone Olivia. This eclipsed the previous record of 231 mph which was set by Mt. Washington on the 12th April 1934.
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