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TIL of Mahubah, the racehorse that was the mother of the famous champion Man o’ War

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gLNL TIL In 2002, a brothel in Fremantle (Western Australia) had to be closed down because U.S sailors pushed prostitutes to exhaustion.
BrQvr TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada (1963–93) is a registered political party with a primal promise, "a promise to keep none of our promises" they then promised outlandishly impossible schemes designed to amuse and entertain the voting public
DE5D TIL that, at one point, being randomly drugged with LSD was considered an “occupational hazard” while working in the CIA.
Ypag7 TIL that the popular sleeping aid known as Ambien - zolpidem tartrate - was astonishingly discovered to bring back some minimally conscious patients back from a vegetative state.
QJaNE TIL the Prince of Egypt titular music "Let my People Go" was composed by Hans Zimmer(Transformers, the Rock, Inception, Nolan's Batman trilogy, Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, etc.)