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Today I learned the Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The four Games were the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean and the Isthmian games.

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V4rm TIL LifeLock’s CEO, Todd Davis, who famously advertised his company’s services by displaying his social security number in ads, has had his identity stolen 13 times.
b95oE TIL that for decades universities and automobile manufacturers have used human cadavers to get realistic crash test results.
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