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TIL: SWISS MADE means the watch only has to have 60% swiss components.

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QNN9X TIL Queen ELIZABETH II is related to Prophet Muhammad. Historians believe Elizabeth II is a descendant of the founder of Islam after tracing her family tree back 43 generations
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