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TIL that in his later years, Mark Twain had a "disturbing passion for collecting young girls". By age 73 had collected ten schoolgirls, dubbed them his “angel-fish,” and awarded them membership in his Aquarium Club.

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1a9K4 TIL that some people in rural Eastern Europe historically opted not to identify with a particular nationality and instead self-identified as “tutejsy”, meaning “from here”.
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