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TIL that Winston Churchill, was directly responsible for creating Bengal famine of 1943 which ultimately killed about 3 Million Indian Bengalis.

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R75r8 Being wary of Friday the 13th is much more than a quaint superstition observed by a few uneducated people in distant, unreachable towns and hamlets. In the United States alone, it is estimated that between 17 and 21 million people dread that date to the extent that it can be officially classified as a phobia.
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