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TIL the Irish Guards have had an Irish Wolfhound as a mascot since 1902. The current one is called Seamus

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JwX4 TIL - In ancient legend, elves weren’t the noble creatures portrayed in Tolkien’s stories but powerful and dangerous supernatural beings who were more likely to harm humans than to help them. Their name says so: it comes from an ancient Germanic term for a nightmare.
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