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Any 3-manifold can be realized as the boundary of a 4-manifold

We know "Any closed, oriented $3$-manifold $M$ is the boundary of some oriented $4$-manifold $B$." See this post: Elegant proof that any closed, oriented 3-manifold is the boundary of some ...
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Non-triangulable 4-manifold as a boundary of some 5 manifold

We know that there are non-triangulable 4-manifolds, such as the E$_8$ manifold. Can E$_8$ manifold be a boundary of some 5-manifold $M_5$? Can such a $M_5$ be triangulable or non-triangulable? What ...
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