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TIL that a diary belonging to royal physician Lord Dawson of Penn was unearthed in 1986 and revealed that he secretly and deliberately euthanized George V.

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lQaB TIL that when author, journalist, and LGBT activist Dan Savage began writing his advice column pertaining to homosexuality, he urged his editors to let him name it “Hey, Faggot!” so he could reclaim the hate word.
DQYjP TIL Jennifer Coolidge almost turned down the role of Tanya in “The White Lotus” because she was self-conscious about her body. Then series creator Mike White texted her at 2 AM one night asking "Are you afraid?" That wake-up call inspired Coolidge to fight through her anxieties and accept the role.
mkDR TIL that there’s a Darth Vader Grotesque/Gargoyle at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
7e5r TIL the Olympic flame in 1976 traveled by radio waves to a laser that lit the cauldron.
LQLBQ TIL that the loudest shout ever recorded was by a primary school teacher who yelled ‘quiet!’ It was clocked at 121.7 decibels and the record has stood for 30 years.