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TIL in Nov 2014, a stray Ecuadorian dog named Arthur tagged along with a Swedish adventure racing team during a grueling 435 mi jungle race. He swam rivers and trudged through mud beside them. After the finish, Mikael Lindnord adopted him and brought him home to Sweden.

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