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TIL That in most Southern States the Coroner is the only person that can arrest the Sheriff

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yQBpa TIL of Enheduanna who is the earliest known poet whose name has been recorded. She was the High Priestess of the goddess Inanna and the moon god Nanna. She lived in the Sumerian city-state of Ur.
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