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TIL that a Japanese gymnast, Shun Fujimoto, once broke his knee at the Olympics in 1976 but didn’t tell anyone and performed miraculously despite his injury, winning his team the gold medal

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W7oE4 TIL The famous photographer Alexey Brodovitch repeatedly ran away from home to fight in the First World War but his father kept having him brought back home.
6E5mW TIL Ed O'Neil (Married With Children) is a Brazilian Jiu-JItsu Black Belt
W7YkA TIL a news outlet in Cleveland, Ohio reenacted a real court case using puppets and a transcript because their cameras weren't allowed
9gD7 TIL that Hookah Sickness, or the dizzying feeling experienced after smoking, is likely due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
yVyRM TIL that Anne Ramsey, best known for her role in Throw Mama From The Train (1987), her slurred speech was due to operations for her throat cancer and was in pain during the whole production. She was nominated for an Oscar. Sadly she died of her throat cancer 6 months after the ceremony.