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TIL there is an endangered crafts list in the UK called "the red list "

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D6Oj TIL Jimi Hendrix was discharged from the army due to sleeping on duty and being caught masturbating.
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R55Oa TIL the oldest person to finish an Ironman triathlon was 85 years old
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