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awL4y TIL that Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, beginning a chain of events that would culminate in the English Reformation.
aP09 TIL that British power companies have to be ready for the usage surge caused by Brits simultaneously turning on their electric kettles to make tea during commercial breaks in popular TV shows.
DkaY TIL the White House’s Press Briefing Room was originally a swimming pool.
78m0b TIL that Neptune isn't actually dark blue. It appeared so in early photos because of image processing. In reality, it's true color is similar to Uranus' light blue
xV4A7 TIL Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a marketing campaign that included Colonel Sanders harlequin-style erotica books for Mother’s Day