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TIL that Guns N' Roses is the result of a merger between two bands: L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose.

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AD1Ag TIL Berliners love the "currywurst", a sausage topped with curry ketchup, so much, that there have been commemorative coins, novels, plays and movies honoring its invention. By tradition, every candidate for mayor must be photographed in front of a currywurst stand.
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