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TIL Tennis champion Rafael Nadal would run home after school to watch his favourite TV show, Dragon Ball.

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GYDxj TIL that Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, later established a charity organization called the "Himalayan Trust". It is designed to help the Sherpa people living in Nepal.
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