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TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.

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JR4Q TIL that the Red Baron was killed because of a single bullet, which hit him while he was in the air, and that he managed to land his plane without damaging it before he died.
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