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TIL in 2005 Rick Moranis released a Grammy nominated country album The Agoraphobic Cowboy

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epP9J TIL a 2,000-year-old sapphire ring believed to have been owned by Roman Emperor Caligula sold for £500,000 in 2019. The sky blue ring also has an etching on it that's thought to depict Caligula's fourth and last wife, Caesonia.
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