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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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0wjjR TIL that guitarist Eddie Van Halen was half Indonesian, and that his family immigrated to the United States because of how badly his mixed-race parents were treated in the Netherlands.
b98dE TIL that a pre-Spanish conquest tribe in Central America had a religion that included human sacrifice, especially of enemies captured in battle, and they also practiced ritual cannibalism. The Chorotega had books made of deerskin, where they recorded the most important aspects of their way of life.
KYNVR TIL: Putting duct tape on a horses nose calms them down to help you shoe them.
8anbb TIL Only elephants can hear the sounds Mars make because the frequencies are too low for humans to hear.
QpW9 TIL… there is a banana plantation in Iceland, just 177 miles from the Arctic Circle