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Jinny Lu, a rescue pug, won the title of the World’s Ugliest Dog!
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge became the tournament's leading run-scorer and set a record for most runs in a single Women's T20 World Cup!
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Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1953!
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Ronnie O'Sullivan scored a record-breaking 153 in snooker!
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