Terrifying Details of Life in Royal Palaces That Will Stun You

Hunting Lodge

Would you believe that the beautiful palace of Versailles was once a hunting lodge? King Louis XIII had rarely ever visited the lodge beforehand, and forty years later, it was King Louis XIV who decided to remodel it into the magnificent mansion that it is known as today. Wow!

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The More You Know

  • Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
  • When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"
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