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TIL in 2009 Canadian transport minister John Baird sent a text saying “Thatcher has died”. This information soon reached Canadian PM Stephen Harper with officials making multiple calls to Downing ... (news.bbc.co.uk)
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Original Title: TIL in 2009 Canadian transport minister John Baird sent a text saying “Thatcher has died”. This information soon reached Canadian PM Stephen Harper with officials making multiple calls to Downing Street and Buckingham Palace before it was later confirmed that Thatcher was the name of Baird’s cat.

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