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TIL that Jennefer Lopez is not in fact married or even related to George Lopez

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GYEJE TIL that "Flash Gordon" is Queen Elizabeth II's favourite film, and she watches it with her grandchildren every Christmas. When actor Brian Blessed met the Queen, she asked him that if he doesn't mind, because she had the grandchildren there, would he mind saying "Gordon’s alive"?
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