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TIL the lyrics for "Duel of Fates" in Star Wars are from a Welch poem. The poem is about a magician who animates trees into an army.

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KYQZR TIL the recently deposed leader of Niger is named Mohamed Bazoum!
4X04w TIL that saying dark horse that describes unexpected winner is based on English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's book "The Young Duke : A Moral Tale Though Gay" where mysterious dark horse wins the race against all odds
JYQQB TIL that the Shaggy defense, AKA "It Wasn't Me", is a real legal strategy often cited in criminal proceedings and legal writing as such.
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