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TIL USA firms profited by selling contaminated blood to UK

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nW05P 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.
Wk0y4 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.
j6kjR 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.
QZeE TIL that a woman in France sued her husband and won $15,000 for not giving her enough sex during their marriage.
KOG7B TIL - the word 'cult' and 'cultist' were originally used to describe a 'faith healer'.