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TIL there is no clean unit of weight measurement that makes up an ounce. Less than an ounce is commonly reverted to the metric system (28.35 g = 1 oz.)

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ZpyB4 TIL that a Gordie Howe hat trick in ice hockey is to have a goal, an assist and a fight with a 5 min penalty. Funnily the name giver only achieved that twice in a five decade career and was not the first one to do it.
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