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TIL: King Edward II was murdered by having a horn pushed into his anus through which a red-hot iron was inserted, burning out his internal organs without marking his body.

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Vb4Q TIL A woman in a declining, remote village in Japan created hundreds of scarecrows to make her town more lively.
Rvj9 TIL a white, homeless man in Fullerton California was beaten to death by police for apparently no reason. The police were found Not Guilty on all charges.
oRVlr TIL the US government allowed a Hungarian priest to live in the US embassy in Budapest from 1956 to 1971, where he was fully protected from the Red Army who wanted his head. He never left the building once in 15 years.
eG64 TIL that the German word for birth control pills is antibabypille.
vPyR7 TIL in 1984, at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, two Iranian judges physically assaulted the Swedish judge during a session of the tribunal. Proceedings were suspended and the tribunal later resumed work with two new Iranian arbitrators. (see footnote 18 on page 309)