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Today I learned that 1.5 million people were evicted from their homes in preparation for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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wrd6 TIL During the Winter War, the Finns would prop up frozen Soviet soldiers to intimdate the troops
awPVA TIL that British lawyers, judges, and some roles of parliament still wear old-timey white wigs
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