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TIL Duke Jaromir, blind and castrated, was ruthlessly murdered by a Vrsovetz assassin, who struck him with a spear in the groin when Jaromir was carrying out his nightly needs

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4XZQo TIL that baseball legend George Brett was the inspiration behind Lorde’s hit "Royals"
6jw7 TIL that the only reason that the United States has the same Stop Sign design as the rest of the world is because the UN adopted the USA standard. The US never signed the UN convention that made it standard.
9OMm TIL Three of Nigeria’s wealthiest pastors spent more than $60 million on private jets between March 2009 and March 2011.
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