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tavernier

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15. Latvia threw a huge party

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:46 PM

Saturday

for their silver medal luge winners! For years, every time the athletes parade came to Latvia, the network would go to commercial. These little countries with not such big purses are almost always zoomed over quickly. That or mispronounced.

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