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TIL that Nicolas Ferrial, the jester of King Francis I, once slapped the monarch on his bum. Nicolas was to be executed for this deed but the king promised to forgive him if he comes up with an apology even more insulting than the slap. And the jester delivered: 'I mistook you for the Queen!'

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