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TIL Wilt Chamberlain was able to dunk a basketball from the free-throw line without a running start. Because of this, he routinely dunked his free throws and the NCAA and NBA eventually decided to institute rules to prevent this.

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Ayod TIL that knowing he was the slowest competitor, Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics by cruising behind and simply avoiding group crashes in both the semi-final and final
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