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TIL that Usain Bolt was offered a position as wide receiver in the NFL, and rejected it due to the hits NFL players take.

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v1vAr TIL of Judy, the hero dog of WWII. She saved her fellow soldiers on multiple occasions. Was captured by the Japanese and spent years in the pow camps. She survived multiple ships sinking and was eventually freed and given the Sicken Medal in England.
4BZX TIL that in the 1920’s soviet researcher Ilya Ivanov inseminated female chimpanzees with his own sperm, and human women with chimpanzee sperm.
AaXw TIL that according to Welsh legend Pembroke Welsh Corgis were mounts for fairies to pull their carriages and sometimes roll into battle.
69EBl TIL That Lance Armstrong tried to destroy Greg LeMond’s legacy because LeMond accused Armstrong of using PEDs.
P1WZE TIL 90% of the things we worry about never happen and yet those thoughts have a direct impact on our health