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TIL that in tennis, winning two sets to love (IE, 6-0, 6-0) is called a “double bagel”

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69mvQ TIL about Abebe Bikila. The first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, he won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics while running barefoot, and again in 1964, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In 1969, he was paralysed and never walked again
nW88b TIL: USPS vehicles are not required to have a lincense plate.
pb5b TIL that in 1978, current California congresswoman Jackie Speier, then a congressional aide to Leo Ryan, was shot 5 times in an ambush by supporters of Jim Jones while investigating human rights abuses at his Guyana compound, fleeing into the forest and waiting 22 hours before help arrived.
Z8ZVa TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with 'Operation Northwoods', a proposal made to JFK that would allow the CIA to carry out false flag attacks in America. Blame was to be put on Cuba, providing America with the justification for military intervention. JFK rejected the proposal.
e0xEb TIL "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was written in 1979 by Robert Hazard. It was written from a male's perspective. In 1983, Cyndi Lauper recorded a version of the song, ironically turning a misogynistic song into one of the most well-known feminist anthems.