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TIL: million dollar fancy houses in Mesa de Yeguas (colombia) do not have windows or walls as temperature is perfect and are not needed.

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WkWDd TIL Anastasia, daughter of the last Tsar of Russia, supposedly escaped execution during the Russian Revolution. The story inspired books and imposters. Scientific analysis (incl. DNA analysis) now confirms she died in 1918. Remains included the imperial family and all four grand duchesses.
oRYOr TIL that heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire were kept under house-arrest in the "Cage" from puberty until death (or becoming sultan), and it was common for a new sultan to have his brothers killed, including infants, sometimes dozens at once, to reduce the number of claimants to the throne.
0wAKp TIL Elvis weighed 350lbs at his death and was rumored to consume 10,000 calories daily toward the end of his life.
nW5ko TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.
koVW TIL that even though people correlate the upside down cross with Satan, it actually symbolizes how peter didn’t want to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus.