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TIL that Mongolian wrestlers must wear open jackets called “zodog”.Legend has it that on one occasion a wrestler defeated all other combatants and ripped open the zodog to reveal her breasts, showing to all she was a woman. To deter any similar future incident, the jacket style was modified

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