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TIL: In tennis, the ball does not have to go over the net.

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AG5o TIL of Khutulun, a Mongolian Princess. She insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling, forfeiting horses to her if they lost. She gained 10,000 horses defeating prospective suitors.
pGwZ TIL a frontiersman, known for eating the livers of his enemies, escaped his captures by cutting off the leg of his guard and using it as a weapon.
1eDX TIL Alexander Graham Bell advocated against the use of sign language and hoped to eradicate deafness through eugenics (selective human breeding).
PrxJ TIL Richard Branson started Virgin Air by putting up a sign when his plane was cancelled, selling tickets. He used the money raised from the tickets to rent an airplane.
5YKMn TIL that the biblical story of Susanna and the Elders also appears in the One Thousand and One Nights