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TIL King Richard's III body who died in the battle of Bosworth in 1485 was discovered under a parking lot in 2012 using DNA from a 17th-generation descendant

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Z8gOG TIL that power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones share a birthday - September 25
m1KPY TIL That after Andrew Jackson beat 5th President John Quincy Adams for President in 1828, he offered him a position in his cabinet as Secretary of War, a position JQA declined. After the election, JQA joined parties that were united against Jackson's presidency.
oy9Y TIL King Charles VI of France and four lords dressed as wild men in costumes made of oil pitch-covered linen and hemp. His idiot or genius brother thrust a torch too closely in an attempt to identify them, thereby setting the men ablaze. The king was aside flirting with a lady and only he survived.
X0ZZE TIL the American Dennis The Menace comic strip is still being produced, after being first introduced in 1951.
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