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TIL that Napoleon once gave an ornately decorated tiara (a crown) to the pope with 3345 precious jewels inlaid into it. This was actually intended to be an insult, as the tiara weighed 18 pounds and was too small to fit on a human head.

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5RQP TIL of Dewey Bozella, a Boston native who was imprisoned for 26 years for a murder he did not commit. In those 26 years, 2 felons put the murder on him, was denied parole several times, the evidence against him was destroyed by police, and evidence proving his innocence was never brought to trial.
Wkpao TIL that the US has a law permitting the invasion of the (Hague) Netherlands if an American is dragged before the International Criminal Court.
78e1r TIL Thomas Edison electrocuted dogs, cats, cows, horses, and an elephant in an attempt to discredit Nikola Tesla's work with AC electricity.
epwx4 TIL that in 2002, after incumbent Minnesota Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chose former VP Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone a week before the election. This marked Mondale's return to politics after 22 years, losing with 47% of the vote
P1g0O TIL Feral pigeons are descendants of domestic pigeons. The domestication of all modern pigeons goes back 5,000-10,000 years!