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TIL: The “armor” on most of the Knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was really silver-painted wool

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pJwe TIL Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 but was exhumed and beheaded in 1660 by Charles II.
e0Pv4 TIL that dung beetles, when placed in a planetarium behave with a sense of direction only under specific constellations. This would indicate that they celestially navigate.
wL7pW TIL that military snipers carry what is often called a “dope book. Dope is an acronym for: Data On Previous Engagements.
4Xg9a TIL in ancient Egypt, under the decree of Ptolemy II, all ships visiting the city were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria and be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner.
j7yp TIL: Someone purchased John Lennon’s teeth for $30,500 in hopes to clone him in the future.