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TIL that in the 1980s pop juggernauts Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were making a highly anticipated album together but had a falling out after finishing only three tracks. Michael objected to Freddie’s excessive cocaine use, and Freddie didn’t want Michael’s pet llama Louie in the studio.

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oR9ME TIL Jews began arriving to Jamaica in the 1490s. By the 1700s they formed 18% of the capital's population and worshipped openly at both Sephardic and Ashkenazi synagogues. In the 1830s, they became full citizens of the nation - before many Jewish communities in Europe...
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