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TIL about Anthony Ervin, a swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, retired at 22, begun abusing drugs, at one moment being hardly able to raise from a sofa for days on end. In 2011 he got back into swimming, and at the 2016 Olympics became the oldest swimmer to win a gold medal.

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m1krO TIL about Hans Rott, a composer who thought that Brahms wanted to kill him with dynamite
mx8NM TIL that while repairing a whale enclosure divers during the cold war heard a human-like voice saying "out, out, out," and got out of the water to see nobody. A beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech and attempted to communicate with them.
a8OxL TIL botanically speaking, corn is a fruit as it is produced from the flower or the ovary of the corn plant. But because of the way it is eaten, it is often classified as either grain or vegetable.
GPB5 TIL when German general Eduard Dietl slammed his fist into the table and told Hitler he was a “chairbound general”, Hitler turned to his gaping staff and exclaimed “Gentleman - that’s the kind of general I like!”
a8W4b TIL about the Slave Narrative project that took place during the Great Depression. Created by the WPA, out-of-work writers were hired to collect the life stories of former slaves. 2,300 first-person accounts were recorded and archived.