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TIL Jerry West was a 10-time 1st Team All-NBA member, making him the only player in league history to make that many All-NBA 1st Teams without taking home at least one league MVP award, he was runner-up a record four times.

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KOBNR TIL that Robert Morris, namesake of Robert Morris University, engaged in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and personally owned several slaves.
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