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TIL The Olympics don't actually give any official ranking by country, merely a gold medal "ordering"

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eP0D TIL you can pay a travel agency in Tokyo to take your stuffed animal on a vacation – without you.
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xVjP5 TIL Warren Buffett bought controlling shares of his now multibillion dollar company, Berkshire Hathaway, just to fire the CEO as revenge for trying to low-ball him when Buffett went to sell the stock. Buffett considers it the dumbest stock he ever bought.
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