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Interesting Place - China - World Cup Fact

The World Cup will soon be over, and Chinese doctors are probably relieved.

(During the World Cup they spotted a new ailment striking people across the country. World Cup syndrome. 

Symptoms were listlessness, tiredness and insomnia, thought to have been induced by the times that football games were broadcast from Brazil. 

In Chengdu city authorities opened a World Cup syndrome clinic, and doctors were on standby 24 hours a day for the duration of the World Cup.

One poor guy was knocked for six when Suarez did his thing, and had to limit himself to one match every two days. I don't blame him, the late nights were getting to me too, so I simply recorded the matches I wanted to watch, and played them on fast forward at a reasonable hour.)

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