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TIL USA firms profited by selling contaminated blood to UK
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TIL that at Mullingar Equestrian Centre in Ireland, the 2006 Christmas party was cancelled due to act of camel. Gus, a camel appearing in the holiday show, got out of his enclosure, bit open and drank six cans of Guinness beer, and then ate 200 mince pies.
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TIL the longest prison sentence ever handed out is 141,078 years to Chamoy Thipyaso of Thailand - for running a pyramid scheme that defrauded members of the Thai royal family.
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TIL Ulysses S. Grant was the first U.S. president to get a speeding ticket in 1872 for driving his horse-drawn carriage too fast.
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TIL that a woman in France sued her husband and won $15,000 for not giving her enough sex during their marriage.
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TIL - the word 'cult' and 'cultist' were originally used to describe a 'faith healer'.