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TIL King Henry V of England died of dysentery in 1422, only two years after conquering France to occupy its throne

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9wkaM TIL in 2003, Raiders player Barret Robbins 'Missed the Super Bowl to Party in Tijuana'
6EPxm TIL The letter sent by the FBI to the band NWA, made famous in the film Straight Outta Compton is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The letter said the song Fuck Tha Police promoted “violence against and disrespect for the law-enforcement officer,"
d8E9K TIL: Mayo Buckner spent 59 years in a mental institute before doctors admitted he was actually sane, and always had been.
4Xw5a TIL Abraham Lincoln was brought secretly into Washington D.C. for his inauguration due to an assassination conspiracy in Baltimore.
7Var TIL There is an operating system that fits on a floppy disk, and is still being developed for fun