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TIL thar the House of Reuss practises a unique system of naming and numbering the male members of the family, every one of whom for centuries has borne the name "Heinrich", followed by a Roman numeral

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ANRpg TIL Gerald Ford is the only person to serve as president without winning an election for president or vice president because of the the 25th Amendment.
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6EBL8 TIL Pope Urban VII was the shortest serving Pope in history; living only 12 days after his election. In his short reign, he instituted the world’s first known smoking ban, threatening to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church”. He died of Malaria.
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