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TIL in the Brothers Grimm's original 1812 fairy tale, the Evil Queen planned to eat Snow White's organs to obtain immortality and ordered the Huntsman to assassinate her. Instead, the Huntsman assists Snow White in her escape and deceives the Evil Queen with a pig's organ.

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