The Olympics believed that champagne and brandy had something special for the athletes

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during the 1908 Olympics, marathon runners, including the winners, drank champagne, brandy, or strychnine cocktails, in the belief that it would provide energy. In 1924, the Paris games provided wine at rehydration stations.

In 1987, Singapore passed the Human Organ Transplant Act, which implements a priority rule with an opt-out system

If a person objects to donating their organs after death, they lose priority for receiving an organ, should they need one in the future
The first native English speaker to teach English in Japan was a man named Ranald McDonald
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