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TIL that Malaysia has a "deputy king," who fills in when the actual king is not available

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Z8Pwo TIL that Matt Stutzmann- a man without arms- holds the record in archery for the farthest accurate shot under FITA conditions. The shot is on 283.47 m (930.04 ft)!
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E16Gp TIL That Almon Brown Strowger noticed he was losing business because a competitor would have his wife, a telephone operator redirect calls asking for Strowger to his business. Strowger later invented the automatic telephone exchange which eliminated the need for operators.
QNMWM TIL when baseball pitchers invented the curveball, the president of Harvard protested, calling it a "dishonest practice unworthy of Harvard students" ... "Progress in athletics is in the direction of fraud and deceit."
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