TIL that when Charles II of Spain died on 1 November 1700, at age 38, the autopsy recorded that his "heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; he had a single testicle, black as coal, and his head was full of water." Apart from that he was OK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8m1eo/til_that_when_charles_ii_of_spain_died_on_1/
@todayilearned Apparently, because of measles!