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TIL that towards the end of his life, George III's health had deteriorated so greatly that he was incapable of knowing or understanding that he was declared King of Hanover in 1814, or that his wife died in 1818.

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VBKkD TIL at a minimum an estimated 11% of Adults aged 15 to 49 in South Africa have HIV/AIDS, with a high estimation of 23%.. approx. one in ten, to one in five people; respectively.
WkeV9 TIL that in an attempt to modernize Newfoundland, Canada, the province's Premier hired the former Latvian Minister of Finance, Alfred Valdmanis. While industrializing the province, Valdmanis embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars before being unmasked as a criminal and former Nazi collaborator.
DbPP TIL forgetting to put a washer on before a nut caused a plane to explode
9e1r TIL: US energy subsidies for the fossil fuel companies cost the US taxpayers 5.3 Trillion dollars, or 6.5% of total Global GDP.
dD7AB TIL A group of conspirators intending to assassinate Easter Roman Emperor Nikephoros Phokas entered his bedchamber at night disguised in women's clothing. Initially the got scared because he wasn't in his bed as expected: an ascetic army veteran, Nikephoros liked sleeping on the floor