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TIL that Zhang Shangwu, a two-time gold medal gymnast at the Universiade, turned to stealing and begging in the streets after his competitive career ended with an injury.

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W7N0o TIL I learned that the US bombing of Cambodia in the 1970s was requested / approved by the Cambodian government
mnlR TIL two former U.S. astronauts started an organization, independent from NASA, dedicated to launching a telescope called “The Sentinel” that will orbit the Sun and detect any Earth-bound asteroid threats up to decades in advance.
4JWR TIL in 1974 USA created the M14 Anti Personnel mine nicknamed the Toe Popper because it was designed to only maim rather than kill as it mostly just destroyed a majority of one foot. It was small, cheap and easily deployed. USA still has 1.5 million in reserve for deployment in Korea.
kyB1 TIL Tupac Shakur’s favourite song was the folk-pop ‘Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)’ by Don McLean and so on his deathbed his girlfriend played this song so it was the last thing that he heard.
PYkRV TIL that those wounded while fighting in the French Foreign Legion can immediately apply to be a French citizen as they are "French by spilled blood".