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TIL that both India and Pakistan had British Colonial officers as their Commander in Chief of their respective armies until 1951.

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R7Yy7 TIL in the early 20th century, if a policitician died, he would be replaced in office by his widow
vPa7j TIL of Benjamin Lay who lived in Philadelphia in the 18th century. He was four feet tall, a hunchback, and lived in a cave. He created his own clothes to boycott the slave-labor industry and would not wear or eat anything made from the loss of animal life or by slave labor.
Zpvwo TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of potential life on exoplanet K2-18b.
OoJYa TIL in 2009, a woman walking her dog found a human bone on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico. After, police discovered the remains of 11 women and a fetus buried in the area. No suspects have been arrested and it’s believed a serial killer is responsible. All the women have been identified.
VMEdG TIL that 2 knights flirting with 2 French princesses were found guilty of lèse majesté. They were castrated and then either drawn, flayed alive, covered by lead in fusion, broken on a wheel, beheaded and hanged. Both princesses had their heads shaven and jailed for life.