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5m59 TIL RPG clerics wield maces because Bishop Odo of Bayeux was wielding one in the Bayeux Tapestry, allegedly so as not to shed blood.
e0PyJ TIL that the legal test used in the UK to determine whether something could cause sufficient public confusion to constitute an actionable trademark infringement is called the 'moron in a hurry' test.
Eg4xx TIL that although the British Double Cross operation captured or turned all German agents operating in Britain during WWII, the German Abwehr was equally successful in Holland with an operation called Englandspiel, capturing all British SOE agents sent to aid Dutch Resistance.
E1ard TIL when taking an oath of office, Kentucky officials have to swear they've never fought a duel with deadly weapons.
VBZB4 TIL the last living veteran of the 1853 Crimean War died in 2004: Timothy, a Greek tortoise captured from a Portuguese ship, served as a mascot throughout the war