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TIL, in 1566, A heavily pregnant Mary, Queen of Scotts, was held up at gunpoint, as her Secretary (David Rizzio), was dragged away from her and stabbed to death by her Husband and his co-conspirators, forcing Mary to witness the execution as he begged the Queen to save him.
tudorsociety.comSubmitted by Salty-Photo-57 t3_yz2441
TIL In 1965, an excavation team discovered the Sword of Goujian in a tomb in Hubei, China. Encased in a nearly air-tight wooden box next to a skeleton. The sword is over 2500 years old but was in perfect condition, test affirmed that the blade could easily cut a stack of twenty pieces of paper.
mymodernmet.comSubmitted by MightGuy420x t3_yytpun
TIL actor Joe Pesci hated the early unit call times in “Home Alone” since they prevented him from starting his day with nine holes of golf as he liked to do. After Pesci took the Assistant Dir. by the collar one day to complain about it, the call times were moved back from 7 to 9 A.M. just for him.
golf.comSubmitted by waitingforthesun92 t3_yyta70
TIL after singer Nat King Cole moved to an upper class L.A. neighborhood, the homeowners association told him they didn’t want “undesirables” moving in. Cole responded by saying “Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I’ll be the first to complain.”
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by DepthExternal6034 t3_yynt0m
TIL, Students at the Hillcrest Primary School were celebrating their last day of school by jumping inside of a bounce house when a strong gust of wind blew the bounce house 33 feet into the air with the children still inside causing 6 of them to die after falling out.
cnn.comSubmitted by longer_than_hallways t3_yxt32a
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TIL Willie Mays wore his cap one size larger so it would fly off while running and would also deliberately slip to the ground to make catches look tougher. He stated his flashy style of play began early in his career where he felt his job was to give fans something to talk about each game.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by trifletruffles t3_yv0zso