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TIL that selling stolen artifacts is the 3rd most profitable wing of the black market, after drugs and weapons.

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78Y6Z TIL that there were actually two German Kings called Henry the seventh. When writing about them one is called Henry (VII.) and one Henry VII. In German the former is actually called "Heinrich der Klammersiebte" which translates to "Henry the bracketed seventh".
BgBmk Til that only three objects have ever been recovered from inside the great pyramid
6xJW TIL Muhammad Ali believed that whites and blacks should be separated, supported George Wallace and once spoke at a KKK rally.
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