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TIL about kabaddi, an ancient contact sport where each turn is one breath. Players chant “kabaddi” continuously to prove they aren’t inhaling on their turn

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Bg7lL TIL Labi Siffre denied Dr Dre the rights to use his sample on Eminem's "My Name Is" until homophobic and sexist lyrics were removed. In an interview, he said "Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. Diss the bigots not their victims."
DQNnv TIL By the 1970's the black footed ferret was declared extinct, only for a dog to bring one home to its owners in 1981 in Wyoming, allowing conservationists to find the last remaining popualtion.
rNXk0 TIL that the Republic of Venice ruled colonies throughout the Eastern Mediterranean from the end of the first millennium to 1797, at times including Crete, Cyprus and numerous Greek islands.
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