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TIL that Volkswagen part number 199 398 500 A is a Currywurst sausage

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OGaA7 TIL that Michael Cain only changed his name LEGALLY by deed poll in 2016 from his birth name of Maurice Joseph Micklewhite becasue he was tired of being stopped at passport control. Everyone knew him by his showbiz name but his legal documents had his bith name.
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