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Lights Out With Sylvia Shults by Sylvia Shults

Jul 13, 2026Society & Culture

The face of English composer Sir Edward Elgar was chosen to appear on the British 20-pound note for more than a decade because his distinctive bushy mustache was difficult for would-be forgers to copy. (from Ripley&#8217...

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