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TIL: Magnus Scheving (actor of Sportacus in Lazy Town) became national champion in aerobics based on a bet in his twenties. Scheving chose snooker for Fjölnir, and Fjölnir chose aerobics. Eventually, Scheving became a national champion in aerobics, and Fjölnir became a national champion in snooker"

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