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TIL that Luke Shaw (Manchester United) has spent 1,528 days (4.2 years) of his football career injured..so far

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vRJr TIL that in addition to the “hidden” Gamecube start up sound (the one you can hear by holding ‘Z’ on the first controller as the console boots), there is a third start up sound that can be heard by holding 'Z’ on all four controllers at boot.
8WBa TIL of the Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak who has been held in Erithrean prison without a trial for the last 15 years
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