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TIL that the author Louisa May Alcott, most famous for "Little Women", wrote several pulpy thrillers early in her career that she called “blood and thunder tales”, often using the pseudonym A.M. Barnard.

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b9nl4 TIL That The Manila Envelope is Called That Because of Its Main Component: Manila Hemp
9wkBG TIL you can have a set of identical triplets and fraternal twins (Fischer quintuplets (born 14 September 1963)
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