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TIL that while many places around the world are conversing on whether certain statues should be allowed to exist. A 40m (131 feet) tall statue of Ghengis Khan, who is responsible for the deaths of approximately 40 million people, stands in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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GYeVE TIL that both "canceled" and "cancelled" are acceptable ways to spell the past tense of the verb "cancel". Americans favor "canceled" (one l), while British English and other dialects prefer "cancelled" (two l's). However, there is only one correct spelling of the noun "cancellation".
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