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TIL The Beatles were such big fans of Monty Pythons Flying Circus that they did cameo appearances on the programme after their break up

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nebL7 TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.
R7Ak8 TIL There is a place called the Three Emperors' Corner, which for more than 40 years marked the place at which the borders of three of Europe's most powerful empires – the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary and the German Empire – met.
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