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TIL of the Diamond Sutra, the World’s oldest dated printed book

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awm8L TIL that a 13-year old man from Sweden named Mats Wermelin scored 272 points in Febuary 5, 1974 in a tournament in Stockholm, which is considered a Guinness World Record
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