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TIL the last man to have defeated Floyd Mayweather was a Bulgarian named Serafim Todorov, who now lives on less than $500/mo.

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jl5j TIL the satirist Willie Rushton once pranked the Victoria and Albert Museum by placing a label next to a plug socket that read “Plug hole designed by Hans Plug (b. 1908)” which remained in place for a full year, even fooling the cleaning staff who began using an extension cable.
lodRA TIL Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are less likely to have atopic sensitization (a reaction to common food or air born allergen) in childhood and adulthood.
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