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TIL that 1. Sir Jason Kenny 2. Sir Chris Hoy 3. Sir Steve Redgrave and 4. Sir Mo Farah who have respectively the most, 2nd most, 3rd most and 4th most olympic gold medals for Great Britain share the same birthday 23rd March (exactly 9 months after 23 June International olympic day)

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