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TIL that French organist and composer Louis Vierne died at the organ of Notre-Dame while giving a concert. Curiously enough, it was fulfilling his life-long dream.

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JYY1v TIL that in 2013 four female prison guards were all found to have been impregnated by the same inmate.
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