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TIL There are over 84 foreign heads of state that were educated in the U.S

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oBbw8 TIL I learned about the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins, a British sailor, allegedly had his ear cut off by the Spanish Coast guard. During a House of Commons 7 years later Jenkins purportedly presented his severed ear and ignited a 9 year long war that engulfed the Caribbean costing 24,500 lives
OG46Y TIL of the Erfurt Latrine Disaster. During a meeting called by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, the second floor of the cathedral collapsed. 60 German nobles died when they fell through the first floor into the latrine cesspit below. Many died drowning in liquid excrement.
xmKB TIL: George Washington died in 1799 when doctors drained more than half of his blood to cure a sore throat.
Lwj0 TIL the Roman Emperor Caracalla slaughtered 20,000 Egyptians because they made a play mocking him
rNwP4 TIL that Richard The Lionheart was so feared by his Muslim enemies by the time of the Battle of Jaffa, that they literally refused to attack him. This caused his opponent Saladin to leave the battlefield in anger.