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TIL 93% of all humans who have ever existed are dead

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5YvDD TIL Before Edward I was king of England, he was a prisoner of Simon de Montfort. One day, he asked if he could ride the guards horses and raced them one by one. When he got to the last horse, he rode off to freedom, and all the other horses were too tired to give chase.
kJZL7 TIL After defeating the French and capturing King Francis in battle 1525, Emperor Charles V agreed to release Francis in exchange for a treaty instead of invading France, which led contemporaries like Machiavelli to call him "mad" and a "fool". As soon as he was released, Francis annuled the treaty
oRDJE TIL that the phrase ‘the die has already been cast’ comes from a supposed quote by Julius Caesar in 49 BC, “Alea iacta est”, when he crossed the rubicon. He was saying once he crossed the Rubicon with his army, the act of rebellion started a civil war in Rome and signified a point of no return.
61oQ TIL when the King of Saudi Arabia visited Britain, the Welsh Guards welcomed him by playing the Star Wars Imperial March
pdZG TIL Indians are the world’s biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.