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TIL that sprinters and long-distance runners rely on different aerobic processes to run and that Usain Bolt, the fastest person in the world, has never run a mile.

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a8DoM TIL In 1894, Cripple Creek, a gold rush town in Colorado, boasted 150 miners and over 300 prostitutes.
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