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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kurma-the-Turtle on 2024-09-07 17:44:29+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that, on being rejected by the only woman he ever proposed to, Lord William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, took a vow of celibacy, allowing his noble titles to go extinct upon his death in 1995.