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TIL a boy was allowed to change his own name when he was 8 years old. Today, he is Dr. Loki Skylizard.

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ndrG TIL The founder of Domino’s Pizza created a Catholic town in Florida that he governs and controls, which includes banning all forms of birth control in the “town”
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