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TIL that sniffing glue is a dangerous thing for your health. It can lead to sudden death from heart failure, alongside other risks.

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BAVr TIL in 1152 while leading the defense for Newbury Castle, John Marshal was told to surrender immediately or his child would be hanged. John replied that he should go ahead saying, “I still have the hammer and the anvil with which to forge still more and better sons!”
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