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TIL Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheels) and Billy Connolly (famous British Comedian) had a band called The Humblebums

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A9gB TIL according to FBI files, the Jewish Defense League had extorted money from ‘various rap music stars’ by making 'death threats’ and then offering protection for a fee
nPvG TIL that Google is under investigation in France for “aggravated financial fraud and organised money laundering” of €1,600,000,000.
Gxl5 TIL: Redheads can’t absorb sufficient Vitamin D due to low concentrations of eumelanin in their body so instead their body can cleverly produce their own Vitamin D when exposed to low light conditions.
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