Terrifying Details of Life in Royal Palaces That Will Stun You

Frequent Fires

Fires happened all the time in the kitchen. For some wild reason, mostly wooden tools didn't always mix well with large fires, who knew! For years this was just part of the job until finally, kitchens started shifting their designs to being made of stone. Ah yes, that makes more sense...

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The More You Know

  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • A Boeing 747 airliner is made of over 6,000,000 separate parts.
  • People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.
  • There are around 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at all times.
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