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  • Ulysses Grant had a horse named Jeff Davis.
  • PORTUGUESE MARINE CORPS is an anagram of SINGAPORE SUPREME COURT.
  • 15613 = 1 + 56 – 13
  • FOUR + SIX = TEN is the highest sum in English with no repeated letters.
  • “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” — William Blake
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