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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Story lineup

00:01:20 Mark explains the glory of Maine in August

00:05:50 Canadian man wins fifth beer mile world championship in an incredible time

00:10:20 Brazilian couple screws themselves to death

00:18:00 Two Japanese boxers died from the same event

00:22:40 Fundamentalist Christian Church is not real into women voting

00:29:55 Trump seeking long-term trade deal with China and talking weed declassification 

00:32:30 China has officially wiped away any visual references to Islam

00:34:50 Chinese influencer tries to eat live mantis shrimp and it doesn’t go well

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