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TIL Pluto is as big as russia.

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x8xB TIL a British intelligence agent was found dead in his apartment, having been stuffed-naked-inside a duffel bag that was padlocked from the outside. A police investigation ruled it an accident
p8JZe TIL Sniper was originally a nickname given to successful hunters of the elusive bird called a Snipe
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4kek6 TIL about the Deaflympics, a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. The games have been organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf since 1924