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TIL The 80 year old Archbishop of Canterbury refused to delegate Edward VII's coronation despite his ailing health. His speech was printed in gigantic letters so he could see it, he couldn't get back up after kneeling, he placed the crown backwards and yelled "go away!" when asked if he was ok

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jGyp TIL Ellen Pao’s husband Buddy Fletcher is a former hedge fund manager, but his fund went bankrupt after Fletcher and associates diverted investor funds for their own personal benefit, causing the loss millions of $$$ to Louisiana pensioners. He is now under investigation for civil fraud.
awGJZ TIL that Ninebot, a Chinese manufacturer of Segway style scooters, made so much money off their copies that they could afford to buy Segway.
W5jA TIL: At Pat Tillman’s funeral, his brother stated, “My brother’s fucking dead, he wasn’t religious, he is isn’t in a better place, he would want me to say that.”
b9B70 TIL that there have been two successful penile transplants in South Africa, as well as an UNSUCCESSFUL one in China that had to be reversed because the wife of the forty-four-year-old recipient panicked at the idea that he now had someone else's penis
8a4Y4 TIL that certain fish skin can be grafted onto burns and diabetic wounds. The material recruits the body’s own cells and is eventually converted into living tissue.