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TIL that the political party of the current president of El Salvador believes in center left economic policies but right wing social policies, making it neither a left wing nor right wing party.

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mxNBM TIL King Louis IX, who died today in 1270, is the only French monarch venerated as a saint. He invited beggars to eat with him at his table daily, and replaced trial by combat with evidence-based trials.
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