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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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rRN9W TIL During a person's sleep dream state; one becomes partially paralyzed to make acting out of dreams impossible.
Jaj1 TIL In 2004 a man started a “project” to find his sister a boyfriend. He secretly spied on her with a variety of James Bond style gadgets and disguises for months, keeps diary of shenanigans, ends up getting caught. [Long read, hilarious]
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EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.