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TIL that after finding his wife was cheating on him, Peter the Great of Russia beheaded Willem Mons, put his head in a jar, and made his wife spend time with it every day.

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OxG4 TIL that Jesse Owens was the 10th child in a poor family. The day after his 5th birthday he developed a large fibrous bump on his chest. As they couldn’t afford a doctor, his mother used a sterilized kitchen knife to carve into his chest and remove a golf-ball sized growth.
x6BR7 TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." The winner was Heather Scott who answered "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
MYy0 TIL that most muppets are left handed due to the majority of muppeteers being right handed and preferring to control the head with their dominant hand.
b9KeZ TIL that the USS Constitution, built in 1797 is the world’s oldest ship still afloat and is still in active service in the US Navy
Odk7 TIL Korean writing system, despite looking complicated, consists of only 24 basic letters and can be learned in just one day