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vg8 TIL The USA basketball team controversially won silver against the USSR at the 1972 Olympic games, and to this day the team refuses to collect their medals
xVXGD TIL separate bathrooms for women emerged only in the late 1800s, under the assumption that women were inherently weaker and therefore needed protective, home-like havens in their workplace.
lXEN TIL Hugh Laurie from House was set to become an Olympic Rower, following the success of his father winning gold in the 1948 Olympics. It was Glandular Fever which forced him to abandon competitive rowing.
bMOZ TIL: If you commit suicide in Japan by jumping onto an oncoming train or killing yourself in an apartment building, the train or building company can/will sue your family for clean up fees, loss of income and negative publicity brought on by your suicide.
m6lR TIL Valve worked with the FBI to set a trap for the German hacker who stole the Half-life 2 source code, offering him a fake job. He was “saved” when German police arrested him instead, only serving 2 years probation