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TIL that Usain Bolt runs just a little faster than an elephant but slower than a domestic cat.

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ONrg TIL in the 1936 Olympics, promoted by Hitler to prove that whites are superior, Peru beat Austria 4-2 on soccer, even though they had 3 other goals nullified. Later, the Olympic Comitee nullified the match and scheduled a rematch, to be taken under close grounds. Peru withdrew from the Olympics
OAre TIL: During an interview, Louis CK once directly asked Donald Rumsfeld if he was a flesh eating lizard that fed on the poor. He even asked if he ate Mexican babies…
Z8wW4 TIL when The South's Gonna Do It Again by Charlie Daniels Band, a song about Southern rock, was used by the KKK, Daniels said "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. [..] It was not written to promote hate groups."
rNLV4 TIL that in 2002, two planes crashed into each other above a German town due to erroneous air traffic instructions, killing all passengers and crew. Then in 2004, a man who'd lost his family in the accident went to the home of the responsible air traffic controller and stabbed him to death.
oBPp8 TIL: Peregrine Falcons are one of the most common birds of prey, living in every continent except Antarctica.