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TIL that Dennis, one of the bullies on Bully Beatdown, won all of the prize money after the MMA fighter they were up against, failed to submit or even KO them.

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xjgw TIL That Herbert Hoover and his wife learned Mandarin when living in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and would speak it in the White House to foil eavesdroppers.
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