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TIL that a Chinese kung fu master single-handedly defeated 50 thugs hired by a property baron to evict him from his house.

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vxjD TIL in 2005, all 5 most senior positions of state in New Zealand were simultaneously held by women: the Queen, the Governor General, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliamant, the Chief Justice.
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