diff --git a/test/external/external_test_mnist_data_select.py b/test/external/external_test_mnist_data_select.py
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+#!/bin/bash
+from tinygrad import Tensor
+from extra.datasets import fetch_mnist
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  X_train, Y_train, X_test, Y_test = fetch_mnist(tensors=True)
+  samples = Tensor.randint(512, high=X_train.shape[0])
+  select = X_train[samples].realize()