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TIL that King Henry the 8th’s dead body exploded in his coffin.

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gMv7A TIL that the Japanese used houseflies coated in a bacterial slurry to spread cholera in China and kill an estimated 410,000 people during WWII.
OP6a TIL that there is at least one documented case of a wolverine (typical weight 20 - 55 lb) successfully killing a polar bear (typical weight 770 - 1,500 lb).
lo07N TIL it is estimated that it will take another 300-700 years for the land in northern France to fully recover from the impact of WWI due to the vast amount of unexploded ordnance and poisoned soil.
E14oW TIL that in 1475, Turkish law stated that it was legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he does not provide her with the daily quota of coffee.