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Today, facts told as fiction are not nearly as popular as fictions presented as facts.

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The national pilot scheme saw nearly 8,500 people prescribed nature activities in its first two years, with more than half those patients living in socio-economically deprived areas.

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Girmay fretted that the worlds course, with its nearly 18,000 feet of climbing, was too much—that African riders, especially ones unused to Kigali’s mile-high altitude, would have trouble finishing.

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To balance those competing forces, Oklahoma is searching for a replacement for the retiring Joe Castiglione, the Sooners’ athletic director of nearly three decades.

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Social media is also a common place for Americans to turn with nearly 90% of them relying on it, with YouTube and Facebook being the most used overall.

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