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TIL that after several years of struggling to get into the music industry, British singer Arnold Dorsey decided to adopt a more "arresting" stage name. His choice? Engelbert Humperdinck.

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D1QJp TIL an elite Zimbabwean brigade trained by North Korea and answerable only to Robert Mugabe killed around 20,000 civilians, while quelling an uprising.
LQ5Wp TIL of a woman who birthed 69 children. She had 27 pregnancies, resulting in about 20 years of pregnancy.
e0deE TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
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