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TIL Henry VIII wanted to cancel his wedding with Anne of Cleves because he found her extremely ugly. He felt he was bamboozled by his advisors, who greatly exaggerated her beauty and brought him portraits of her that looked nothing like the real Anne in order to get him to agree to the marry her

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