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TIL In early 17th century London, there was a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace is today.

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OGa74 TIL of Togo Heihachiro a Japanese admiral, who helped defeat Russia in 1905. Heihachiro believed he was the reincarnation of Horatio Nelson and was so admired that upon his death, the navies of the UK, USA, France, Netherlands Italy and China all honoured him.
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