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TIL Henry VIII's doctors were too scared to tell him he was dying while he was on his deathbed because of the Treason Act forbidding anyone from speculating about the King's death. The Archbishop was the one who had to break the news.

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Rre8 TIL the original score for Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was written by Alex North, but Kubrick didn’t like it and switched at the last minute. No one told North, who showed up at the film’s premiere only to be devastated when none of his music was used.
OGjdL TIL Hoka shoes were initially designed for downhill running and are named after the Māori language phrase meaning "to fly"
WkaJd TIL that the former ruler of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov (also called Turkmenbashi), outlawed beards, lip syncing, and gold teeth because all three annoyed him.
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wLpo7 TIL In 1972 Jackie Kennedy Onassis was photographed while sunning herself in the nude on husband Aristotle Onassis' private Greek island by a photographer using a telescopic lens on a fishing boat. Larry Flynt purchased them for his Hustler magazine in 1975 and it launched his magazine sales.