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TIL that 50% of Roger Federer's name is "er"

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epNdE TIL The Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) is one of the most famous symbols of Venice. Known today as the bridge of love, it was originally the bridge that prisoners crossed before being locked up in the Venetian prisons and from which, sighing, they could see the sunlight for the last time.
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