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TIL that Soweto is an abbreviation for South Western Township.

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awVQZ TIL Dutch marathon swimmer Maarten van der Weijden successfully battled Leukemia and made a comeback to win the Olympics Gold in 10 km open water. He has now raised 2.5 million Euro for cancer research by swimming 165 km in 55 hours.
jZBv TIL more people have walked on the moon than scored against mariano rivera in the postseason
ZpYOp TIL that in the 1980s one of the propellers salvaged from the wreck of the Lusitania was melted down to make golf clubs.
MeXXK TIL Michael Jordan’s house has been on the market for four years without a buyer
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