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TIL that closing down sweatshops often leads to a subsequent surge in child prostitution

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b6X79 TIL that of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George of England, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the three rulers who contributed immensely to the outbreak and spread of World War I, the first two were grandchildren of Queen Victoria, and the third was her grandson-in-law.
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