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TIL King Arthur had a brother called Madawg

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8aKlZ TIL Layne Staley was once praised by Swedish police for punching a Nazi in the face on stage.
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0wOKM TIL about Ahlam Tamimi, who planned a bombing at a pizza shop in Israel & drove the bomber there, killing 15 people incl. 7 children & a pregnant women; injuring 130 including a young mother still in a coma. Today Tamimi is a celebrity talk-show host in Jordan & has said she "would do it again"
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