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TIL in Beijing 2012, a Ferrari crashed during sex-orgy between a naked driver and 2 women. Driver (who died) was son of Ling Jihua, Chief-of-Staff serving then Chinese President Hu Jintao. Ling reportedly denied body was his son when visiting morgue. He was eventualy sentenced to life for corruption

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