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TIL King George V’s physician gave the dying king a lethal dosage of morphine and cocaine to hasten his death so that it could be announced in the morning edition of The Times rather than “less appropriate evening journals”

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wLEmo TIL that the Monty Python crew sued ABC for editing and censoring the first appearance of Flying Circus on US network television without consent. They demended that the showing be canceled and taken off the air, but a judge ruled that ABC could play the show as long as it included a disclaimer.
7ryxM TIL the Vietnam War Crimes Working Group found seven previously unacknowledged massacres from 1967 through 1971 in which at least 137 civilians were killed. The harshest sentence was 20 years but the officer served 7 months.
dZ0K TIL that on average US homes are around 3x bigger than UK homes
wo8j1 TIL that Footy in Australia is not rugby, fútbol (soccer) or American football. It refers to Australian Rules Football.
Wk7RA TIL: Video game voice actors aren't always told which game they're working on