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wo09E TIL that the British reggae music group UB40 got their band name from an unemployment benefit form for people under 40 years of age in the United Kingdom.
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jNpBj TIL a reverend of the Freedom Church of Revelation asked the Vice Chancellor of Delaware for permission to settle a lawsuit with a "trial by combat to death." The Vice Chancellor rejected this request. This happened in 1983.
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