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TIL Jamaica is divided into three counties: Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey.

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PYMYg TIL that the reason Elvis never toured outside of North America was because unknown to Elvis, his manager Colonel Parker was an illegal alien and he discouraged him from doing it because he was afraid that if he left the country with Elvis he would not be let back in.
1aXP4 TIL three Israeli brothers—Ramy, Muzher, and Shadde Badir—managed to set up an extensive phone and computer fraud scheme in Israel in the 1990s, despite all of them being born blind.
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