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TIL Ireland makes up 1.2% of European GDP but has paid 42% of the total cost of the European Banking Crisis

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XDg6 TIL that after many publishers claimed the original Harry Potter novel “was too long for a children’s book”, Nigel Newton, chairman of Bloomsbury Publishing agreed to read it as a favor, but tossed it to the side, only for his 8 year-old daughter to find it, read it, and demand more.
YK77 TIL HP stock rose 10.5% when then CEO Carly Fiorina was forced out
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