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TIL: That following several outages on Grindr in July 2012, a British tabloid reported that the crash was due to the volume of usage upon the arrival of Olympians in London for the 2012 Olympics looking for hook-ups. The report caused rumors to circulate regarding the athletes' scandalous behavior.

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