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TIL A competitor in the Olympics had his neck snapped in a wrestling match resulting in his death but also won the match posthumously as his opponent tapped out.

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X7wR TIL In the 1800s moms were disguised as chairs and curtains so they could hold their children still during the exposure. These are now called the ‘hidden mother’ photos.
1BWr TIL America’s deadliest school violence was not Columbine, but Bath, Mich., in 1927 - CSMonitor.com
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6Eo5J TIL that American cyclist Greg LeMond was accidentally shot with 60 shotgun pellets during a hunt, losing him 65% of his blood volume. Two years later, with 35 pellets still in his body, he won the 1989 Tour de France, becoming the first (and only) American to win the tournament twice.
1mk7 TIL that there was a religion in medieval Europe called Cathar. It was a splinter of Christianity, and they held beliefs such as women and men being equal and homosexuality being tolerated.