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TIL that if you are a married priest but then convert to the Catholic Church you are allowed to keep your wife

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9wrPB TIL about “Shaggy defense” - a legal defense strategy in which a person denies an accusation with the simple defense of "it wasn't me", despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary
Y7XYv TIL that in 1933, yo-yos were banned in Syria, because many locals superstitiously blamed the use of them for a severe drought.
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