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TIL all of Uranus’ moons are named after characters from Shakespeare’s plays

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lrQr TIL during Napoleon’s coronation in 1804, the new emperor crowned himself, instead of having the Pope put the crown on his head, to symbolize he was becoming emperor based on his own merit and not the will of God
l75Na TIL that Franklin Roosevelt probably had an affair with Princess Martha of Norway. Invited to USA during WW2, she stayed at the White House and traveled with FDR. The president's son and others believed that Martha was Roosevelt's "last love".
bWYE TIL Bobby Murcer promised to hit a home run for a terminally ill young fan before a game in 1977—and he hit two of them! The announcers went nuts. There was only one problem—that’s how the boy found out he was dying.
neEVP TIL that MRI of dogs revealed that dogs prioritize the smell of their owners above anything as dog owners' aroma causes an activation activation in the "reward center" of their brains, called the caudate nucleus.
0w8pR TIL after the Pope banned joining the Freemasons in 1738, a group of Catholics started their own secret society named 'The Order of the Pug' in which initiation involved wearing a collar, walking on all fours, pawing at the door to be let in, getting barked at and kissing a pug statue's butt.