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TIL after winning the gold at the 1980 Olympics, Polish vaulter Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, in defiance of the jeering Soviet crowd, flipped "the arm", twice. The Soviets later asked that he be stripped of his medal to which the Polish government replied that it was caused by "involuntary muscle spasms".

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ZjkY TIL of Patrice Désilets, the lead creator of the Assassin’s Creed Series, who was fired from Ubisoft twice, with the second after he started work at a new game stuido. Ubisoft bought the studio and fired him for no legitimate reason.
ejoD TIL at the age of 17 Bill Hicks’ parents took him to a psychoanalyst, who, at the end of the session, told him “it’s them, not you”.
M7yOV TIL Kevin’s irresponsible mother , who abandoned him so she could hang out with a polka band , had a side job singing a duets with Oingo Boingo
mxR9O TIL that the Christian Cult called "The Children of God" encouraged its female members to enter into sexual relationships with potential converts to lure them in. Called 'Flirty Fishing', they 'successfully' lured over 100,000 men into the cult.
XALP TIL there was a woman who was pregnant for 46 years