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Small inputs compound.
A sharper routine beats a louder ambition when the clock starts keeping score.
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August 6, 1926
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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Israel
- GDP/capita
- $54,177
- Pop.
- 10.0M
- Inflation
- 3.1%
- Unemp.
- 3.5%
- Tax
- 23.3%
- Life exp.
- 83.2
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