1) When Henry VIII died, his guts were so rotten, and it was such a hot day, that on the day his body was moved to its resting place his stomach exploded.
2) Henry VIII actually only had three or four legal wives, not six. Henry's fourth marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled on two grounds: It was never consummated, and she was already betrothed to Francis, Duke of Lorraine. This was correct in law, at the time, and all parties agreed that no legal marriage had ever taken place. That leaves five wives. The Pope declared Henry's second marriage, to Anne Boleyn, void, because Henry was still married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. And the king himself, as head of the new Church of England, declared that his first marriage was invalid on the correct legal ground that a man could not marry his brother's wife, and Catherine of Aragon had been married to his brother Arthur.
A/N: Realised I should give some credit to the person who gave me the idea for doing this in the first place! It was cece23's "The Book of Random" that made me want to do this :) Thank you if you're reading this, cece23!
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Random Facts You Didn't Need to Know
RandomThis is a totally random compilation of facts, collected for my own enjoyment. After all my years of storing them up, I felt it was time to share them with you. Well... enjoy this bundle of totally random awesomeness!
