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TIL Russia has been stripped of 51 Olympic medals due to doping violations , 1/3 of the global total.

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d8Gnd TIL that the King of Thailand's second wife fled to Britain with their five children after being divorced, denounced and accused of abuse and fraud.
yQo4v TIL no one really knew who designed the "solo jazz cup" blue and purple design that had become famous on the internet until an AMA request for the designer led to an investigative reporter in Springfield, MO discovering it was created by Gina Ekiss in 1989 as part of a design contest by the company.
6J58 TIL That Princess Diana once invited Cindy Crawford to dinner at Buckingham Palace because Prince William had a crush on her
n5Kb TIL That 1/3 of Russian soldiers in World War One were not issued rifles, and were told to pick up a weapon when one of their comrades were killed.
jNW5Q TIL Vyacheslav Molotov, the namesake of the Molotov cocktail, was the last surviving major participant of the Russian Revolutions of 1917. He died in 1986 at the age of 96.