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TIL that in 1963, London model Christine Keeler had simultaneous affairs with British Secretary of State John Profumo and Soviet naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov. The scandal sparked fears of espionage, rocked Parliament, and helped bring down the Conservative Party in 1964.

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