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TIL Old Sarum, an unhabited hamlet, was represented in the English and later British Parliament until 1832

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LJG0 TIL that Albert Einstein was a passionate socialist who thought capitalism was unjust
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8aGaX TIL Pandora's Jar was called Pandora's Box due to translation error and the mistake has stuck!
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