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MeWMa TIL in 2013 a Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius and the slogan "I am the bullet in the chamber" was pulled from Pistorius' site after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend.
XE7RR TIL in 1962, a Cuban boxer named Benny Paret made fun of his opponent, Emile Griffith, for being homosexual. Paret died 10 days after the fight from a 29-punch combo by Griffith
mxxnP TIL that in october Dick Advocaat, coach of Luxemburg, said before their soccer game against Sweden that Sweden won't beat them with 8-0. Exactly that happened, which resulted in Luxemburg and Advocaat's homecountry, the Netherlands, dropping out of World Cup selections.