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TIL that a genetic disease might have been behind Henry VIII’s low number of surviving children and his crazed behavior in his middle and later years.

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NryJ TIL Burger King’s New French Fries Took Ten Years to Develop
gQXX TIL that cockroaches’ exoskeletons allow them to withstand weights up to 900 times their body weight
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