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TIL that in the 19th century scottishman Gregor MacGregor run the largest SCAM scheme ever stealing almost £3.6 billion of today money.

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4AVw TIL That JK Rowling was originaly going to kill off Ron Weasley. During the christmas feast in the third year Ron was the first one to leave, meaning her prediction of “When 13 dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die” would be correct.
MegAK TIL Rod Steward used to take cocaine anally, rather than risk destroying his nasal passages.
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