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THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1993
You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up.
Eleven kilometres later you'd caught three pigeons, a cold and a physio waiting list that will outlive the app.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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