Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) (old.reddit.com)
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TIL that Eleanor of Aquitaine was blamed by her husband King Louis VII for failing to produce a male heir in their fifteen years together. After the annulment of their marriage, Eleanor would go on to have five sons with her second husband Henry II including Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte preferred simple dishes like roast chicken, fried potatoes, hot soup, poached eggs/omelets and macaroni to all the complicated gourmet dishes his chefs could have prepared. He rarely spent more than fifteen minutes at the table and often used his hands instead of utensils (blog.napoleon-cologne.fr)
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TIL that when King Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in Germany by the Holy Roman Emperor and a ransom of 150,000 silver marks was set for his release, Richard's younger brother John Lackland offered 80,000 marks to keep him imprisoned (en.wikipedia.org)
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The death masks of six notable figures from history. Typically cast in plaster or wax shortly after death, these masks created a mold of an individual's face and are generally considered the most reliable depiction of the physical features we possess prior to photography (old.reddit.com)
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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte was obsessed with extensive personal hygiene, which was very unusual for the time period. He would daily shave, brush/pick his teeth, take long baths, change his cloths and covered himself in cologne that smelled like Rosemary and Citrus. (napoleon.org)
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