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The longest name of a city in the world is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-Llantsysiliogogogoch, Wales

On average, ever glass of London tap water has passed through the bladders of 9 other people.

Before turning to a lifestyle of tyrannical war-mongering, Genghis Khan was a goatherd. He would later kill his brother in an argument over a fish.

The man considered the worst ever english-speaking published poet was William McGonagall. Ironically, his calling card proclaimed "W.M McGONAGALL: Lyrics Inditer and Reciter, Poetry Promptly Executed."

the artist Piero Manzoni was the sole exponent of the art movement arte povera, where he exhibited cans of his own excrement.

Arthur Conan Doyle used Cocaine. So did his creation, Sherlock Holmes.

Plato believed pop music led to low morals.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was bald.

King Edward II was executed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his rectum. This was considered a very clever execution, considering his crime: He pissed off the noblety by being flagrantly gay.

King Richard I (The Lionhearted) couldn't speak English, and spent less than 2 years in England during his whole reign.

During the First Crusade, a band of desperate religious hysterics marched behind a goose which they believed was filled with the Holy Spirit.

In striking irony, On July 4, 1776, King George III wrote "Nothing of importance happened today." in his diary.

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Words of Wisdom:

If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.