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TIL King George V was given a lethal injection of cocaine and morphine (to preserve his dignity) so that his death, declared at 11:55 p.m., would be announced in the morning edition of The Times newspaper.

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R5wL1 TIL That When King Kalakaua was in the Mainland, in Kansas he got so drunk he passed out. The legislators had James Burns act as King Kalakaua. He noted that he was "never taken for a man of Color before" at the bottom of the newspaper
XEaZD TIL that to create kung fu movie sound effects, a number of people would sit in front of a screen playing the movie with boxing gloves, pieces of wood and blankets (seen in this documentary at around 11:49).
G585 TIL that India has one of the world’s only No First Use (NFU) nuclear doctrines, which dictates that India will only deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack on India occurring first. Pakistan has an active first use nuclear policy.
W7km4 TIL that the Tartaria conspiracy theory claims that pre-modern architecture such as the Egyptian pyramids and Great Wall of China was constructed by a lost empire more technologically advanced than present civilization
LQONd TIL that Mrs Brown from the sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys was originally going to be played by an actress but she never showed up so the creator, Brendon O'Carroll, stepped in to take over the role.