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TIL that in his portraits, Napoleon Bonaparte kept his hand on his stomach due to his abdominal pains, not any kind of fashion custom.He died of stomach cancer.

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VBwK8 TIL of the "Aloha Spirit" law, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Section 5-7.5: " 'Aloha Spirit' is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. Each person must think and emote good feelings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force (hā)."
n1Ob TIL Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton Look-A-Like contest for Drag Queens, and lost.
ADXPx TIL Mark Davis, the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders who is worth $500 million dollars regularly eats at PF Chang's, drives a 1997 Dodge Caravan and uses a 2003 Nokia phone.
nQkG TIL the Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international money to make a progressive timeline of her aging
E1rO0 TIL the Korean word for “Swiss army knife” is “maekgaibeo kal” which literally means “McGyver knife”