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the king and his cheating queen

by cringeyjokesman June 3, 2023, 1:38 am

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A King and his squire during a battle

by cringeyjokesman June 1, 2023, 8:00 pm

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TIL that The Narmer Palette is an Ancienf Egyptian artefact containing one of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions. It describes the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by King Narmer in ca. 3100 BCE.

by whatilearned June 1, 2023, 1:49 pm

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TIL: In 1999 the Deer Terrace Pavilion was uncovered in China dating back to 1046 BC. It was a pool named the “Lake of Wine and Forest of Meat” which was filled with wine and meat was hung around it. King Zhou reportedly died there after his defeat and burned it, his jewels, and himself.

by whatilearned May 29, 2023, 2:30 am

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TIL Scott Joplin, the groundbreaking “King of Ragtime”, died penniless of syphilitic dementia in 1917 in a sanitarium at just 48 and was buried in an unmarked grave, largely forgotten until a revival of interest in ragtime in the 70s led to him winning a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.

by whatilearned May 29, 2023, 1:24 am

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TIL that in 1210, King John of England imprisoned a noble named Maud de Braose with her son William in a dungeon beneath Corfe Castle, and left there to starve to death. When their bodies were retrieved 11 days later, it was found that Maud had eaten parts of her son’s body before she died.

by whatilearned May 28, 2023, 9:27 am

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TIL in 2001 an artist covered a house in Powell, Wyoming with 10,000 pounds of government issued pepper Jack cheese. The town was so excited about the Cheese House they even threw a parade and crowned a Cheese King and Queen.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 5:01 pm

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TIL in 2015 Burger King tried to collaborate with McDonald’s to make a McWhopper, a burger combining ingredients from the Whopper and Big Mac, but McDonald’s declined the offer.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 1:23 am

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How is King Charles an Artist?

by cringeyjokesman May 25, 2023, 9:00 am

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Not only is King Charles formerly known as Prince…

by cringeyjokesman May 25, 2023, 1:51 am

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Maelgwn was a king of the late sixth century, not the early or mid sixth century

by HistoryBuff May 22, 2023, 6:16 pm

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“PAWS OF TIME” – THIS TALKING, FLYING DOG, LETTUCE-FINGERED KING STORY WILL TEAR APART YOUR CONCEPT OF REALITY!! 🚨

by CopyPastaArchive May 22, 2023, 4:16 pm

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