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TIL two separate French kings have died from hitting their heads on low hanging doorframes

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lkX1 TIL Alabama did not repeal its ban on interracial marriage until 2000
69X9Z TIL a heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed over 70,000 people.
j6PpN TIL: An elephant jumped off a suspension railway in 1950 and survived the 10m drop into a shallow stream
W7pYB TIL that after Preston Mutanga recreated the trailer for "Spider-Man:Across the Spider-Verse” shot for shot with Lego style animation, the studio was so impressed they reached out. He animated the Lego sequence in the final film despite being 14 years old at the time only after finishing schoolwork
yQXAa TIL that the the only US unit that regularly trains to chase nuclear weapons that fall into the wrong hands is SEAL Team 6, one of the toughest units in US military. The Black Squadron snipers (~100 members) is the most exclusive group within Seal Team 6, and the only one to admit female operatives.