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TIL that after London 2012, Royal Mail repainted postboxes gold in the hometowns of medal winners.

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awm0L TIL the most searched gymnast, Simon Biles who took home five medals at the Rio Olympics, four of them gold, pioneered new moves, known as "The Biles" and "The Biles II"
Yp5vd TIL of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the longest-lived British princess by descent, and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She lived through six reigns- those of Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. She died in 1981, aged 97.
JEgB TIL smoking dead scorpions has become the latest drug craze in Pakistan and India, where it has been discovered to be an intoxicant.
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