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TIL the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
PaGn TIL Abraham Lincoln grew his famous beard because a 7 year old girl told him “All the ladies like whiskers”
Ayyo TIL Plato was originally called Aristocles, later acquiring the nickname Plato (meaning “broad”) because of his muscular physique.
78EX TIL Ghengis Khan and his armies killed 9-11% of the entire world’s population
Lk7kv TIL lucid dreaming is an important practice in Tibetan Buddhism, developed between the 8th to 10th century. Believing all phenomenons are like dreams, the experiences we receive while sleeping can be as real as when we're awake, and lucid dreaming can unite dreams and reality into one existence.