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I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.

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Jimmy Wales
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 8
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The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.
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