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TIL Suleyman the Magnificent had an helmet made to resemble the papal tiara, but with an extra, fourth crown to show he was more powerful than the Pope himself

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QJlDd TIL a Florida man told his neighbours that he is going to kill them with kindness Then tried to kill them with a machete named kindness.
J14 TIL Apple makes its employees work on dummy projects until they can be trusted.
KR56 TIL, test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at a an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance. When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”.
eBv5 TIL that Seth MacFarlane spoke to Neil DeGrasse Tyson to make sure he got the night sky right in Ted