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OMP6 TIL In the 1912 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku was favored to win 100m freestyle swim. When he overslept, missing the prelims. Cecil Healy of Australia refused to swim in final unless Duke was allowed to swim special qualifier. The judges relented; Healy’s sportsmanship cost him the gold.
Axox TIL after describing female journalists as “buck-and-a-half hookers”, Frank Sinatra was under siege for 3 days in a Sydney hotel and stranded because airport union staff refused him service, declaring “If you don’t apologise, you won’t be allowed to leave Australia unless you can walk on water.”
ADGN4 TIL that when Julius Ceasar was 25 he was captured by pirates in the Aegean Sea, the pirates demanded 20 silver talents as ransom not knowing who they captured. Ceasar insisted they demand 50 instead. When the ransom of 50 talents was, paid Ceasar assembled a fleet and crucified all of the pirates
ANx1d TIL that before President Carter’s death, it had been 51 years since the last passing of a US Democratic president.
d8LoZ TIL that El Dorado Jane Doe remains unknown because she was an identity thief. Her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted in her murder, claims to know her real identity but won't cooperate with the police.