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TIL the rarest and purest Arabian horse breed is actually Egyptian

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NQw8 TIL that airlines don’t pay tax on fuel
MLGV TIL: Elvis Presley had a twin brother that was born stillborn 35 minutes before him
QJmWa TIL John Swartzwelder's reclusive life and prolific writing for The Simpsons made fans theorize that he was a pseudonym for episodes that had multiple writers. Swartzwelder is credited with writing 59 episodes, more than any other individual.
rNnA1 TIL of English financier Clarence Hatry. His fraudulent operations, wiped the equivalent to 1.8 billion today off the market, and lead in part to the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Hatry who served as a librarian while in prison, would later acquire and revitalise the bookshop Hatchards.
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