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TIL actress Robin Strasser's middle name(s) is "Victory in Europe."

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9R16 TIL that if you bend your middle finger under your palm on the table, you can lift the thumb, index, and little finger, but it is impossible to lift your ring finger. This is because the tendons in all fingers are independent, except those on the middle and ring finger.
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