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TIL at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan, both the Queen of Spain and the U.S Secretary of State had to stay outside venue because they were women. The only women allowed to enter were the ones that were heads of state.

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dnj TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
6N6Y TIL that in Detroit during the 1930’s, a man named Joseph Figlock was walking down the street when a baby fell from a window and landed on Figlock, neither was harmed. A year later, Figlock was walking down the same street when the same baby fell from the window onto him again, neither was harmed.
oRgkK TIL about the Bonin Islanders, a mixed European-Polynesian(Hawaiian) ethnic group native to Japans Bonin Islands, most of whom were exiled to mainland Japan during WW2
dvw9 TIL when Adolf Eichmann, aka “the architect of the Holocaust”, was on trial for his war crimes, he couldn’t afford the attorney he wanted. Not wanting any reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, the Israeli government paid for Eichmann to be represented by the lawyer of his choosing.
rj7o TIL About puck fair in Killorglin, Ireland. Three days a year, a goat is crowned king of the town. A theory on the origin of the fair is a goat broke from its herd and warned the citizens of an English attack. They would rather have a goat king rather than English king.