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TIL that after the monarchy was restored in Britain, King Charles II had Oliver Cromwell's corpse exhumed and beheaded. The head which was put on a stick outside Westminster Hall fell down during a storm and was retrieved by a nearby guard who stole the head and hid it up a chimney.

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WLgd TIL RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome) is when an acronym has a repeating word commonly placed after it. Eg: RAS syndrome
QNVkE TIL that Thomas Edison not only did not invent the incandescent light, but it had been around in some form for over a century before him. He improved upon inventions which has been invented gradually as early as 1705, and had been in its present form (a glass bulb powered by arc lamp) since 1802.
Wk0PY TIL JFK and Lincoln were elected 100 yrs. apart.Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln,Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. Lincoln was shot in a teather and his assassin was cornered in a warehouse,Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin captured in a theater.
oRxvR TIL that director M. Night Shyamalan's films the Village and Signs were accused of plagiarism. Soon after the movie's release in 2004, reports circulated that The Village's plot and surprise ending were parallel to Margaret Peterson Haddix's first book Running Out Of Time, published in 1995.
vKLx TIL in the 80’s Bayer sold contaminated blood products after safer versions became available. Although the product was tainted with HIV, a concern discussed by Bayer and the FDA, there was an impression of protecting the companies’ profits at the cost of infecting large numbers of people with HIV.