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TIL Native American groups have talked about creating their own team since a Mohawk lacrosse team competed for Canada in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Stew Young last led a movement to create North American Indigenous Olympic team in 2006.

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78lPO Today I learned that the Cool S symbol is trademarked in the United States, but owner trademarked it to preserve it.
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