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TIL Wilhelm II received the Order of the Garter as a birthday present for his 18th birthday by his grandmother, Queen Victoria

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6951w TIL of Triboulet: a Royal jester for King Francis of France who was sentenced to death for mocking the King and Queen. King Francis allowed him to choose his method of death, to which Triboulet responded “… I ask to die from old age.” He was spared and instead banished.
Jerk TIL an NCAA football coach was fired after a co worker found porngraphic videos of children on his cell phone. He fought the charges vigorously after being charged with 2 felonies. He was finally reinstated after 18 months after it was revealed it was his kids taking a bath.
e0pRg TIL Far More English Coins Have Been Found in Scandinavia than in England from the Period of Viking Invasions
jyKM TIL In one of the more surreal moments of the Cold War, on this day (Sep 19) in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he learned he could not visit Disneyland.
R7xwl TIL that the only Local Post Office (non US Government Run) in America was located on Rattlesnake Island in Ohio