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TIL: Ireland moved a whole motorway for a fairy bush.

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M4K TIL the only man to win both the Decathlon and the Pentathlon was of native American descent and had his medals removed as he played professional sport (just like most Olympians at the time)
QZ4E TIL that in 2001 Argentina had 5 presidents in 2 weeks.
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