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Despite winning with a total of 16,187 votes, the remaining 126,980,511 aren’t overly enthused about the chosen nickname.
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Alina Zagitova wants to give her new Akita Inu a name that means “victory,” but there’s one thing she might be overlooking.
Believe it or not, there’s actually a perfectly logical reason this manly mythical beast needs both a sword and a gun.
All six candidates were cute enough to do the country proud, but these two are the winners.
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