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TIL: Lord Minimus was a court Jester to Queen Henrietta Maria. At age 6, he hid in a 18" pie and busted out, entertaining the Queen so much, he was kept as a gift. Over the years, he didn't want to be a pet clown anymore. He dueled a royal who brought a squirt gun, killed him, and was then enslaved.

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