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TIL known for his mullet, Andre Agassi started to lose his hair at 19. Covering for the loss he wore a wig but was more focused on his top falling than winning. Once he decided to shave his head he won 6 additional Grand Slams and was the first to win those Slams on three different surfaces.

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BvAb TIL that after WWI, the US began forced sterilization to prevent ‘imbeciles’ and 'promiscuous’ individuals from having children in order to clean up the gene pool
OoWk1 TIL Laurel Hubbard pleaded guilty to careless driving causing injury after an incident in 2018 which left a driver with severe spinal injuries. Hubbard was discharged without conviction.The judge ordered that Hubbard's name be suppressed to avoid publicity as she trained for the Olympics.
LQdRQ TIL that Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She won twice and is the only person to win in two different sciences. She was unable to attend college legally, so she attended what was known as the 'Flying University,' a secret organization.
gMBW9 TIL there is an elite private prep school in NYC called the Horace Mann school, named after the 19th Century American educational reformer Horace Mann, who advocated for quality public education. Tuition is more than $52,000/year
5Yok9 TIL Columbus was marooned on the shores of Jamaica in 1503. The indigenous people gave his crew food but were tired of them stealing. After several months of this, they refused to help. Then Columbus used an upcoming blood moon to convince them God was mad at them. They started giving food again.