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TIL Male puppies will purposely let the females win whenever they play with one another.

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DQXvg TIL that at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men’s 5000 metres race, for the first time in history all medalists were from Africa, with Burundi winnings its first gold medal, and Kenya and Morocco winning silver and bronze respectively.
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VMZK0 TIL that in the 1790s a meteorite about 10 tonnes in mass crashed into what is now the suburbs of Melbourne Australia. No white people saw it, but the Boon Wurrung aboriginal people did and it was a source of profound feelings for them. Later, white people stole it and sent it to a London museum.
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