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TIL that, after hearing Elton John had joked to Liza Minelli that “we need to find you a heterosexual husband”, her husband David Gest was so enraged he paid a hitman £20,000 to have Elton killed

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xNw5 TIL the Shogun who ruled Japan 1680–1709 introduced animal rights laws and fed dogs in public kennels rice and fish at the taxpayers’ expense.
PYmMZ TIL Some people can experience Sleep Paralysis during waking up or before falling asleep. When it happens a person is aware but unable to move or speak. When it happens one may hallucinate: hear, feel, or see things that are not there.
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