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TIL Jimmy Connors is the only tennis player to have won the US Open on all three surfaces on which it has been contested - 1974 on grass, 1976 on clay and 1978 on hard court.

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0O7R TIL that after getting fired in 1996, Timothy Lloyd, an 11-year employee of OMEGA, planted a hacking “time bomb” within the firm’s computer systems that deleted the firm’s main operating software two weeks after his lay-off, making the firm lose over $10 million and fire 80 employees.
Ao6o TIL The Chinese government “encouraged” the country’s tallest female basketball player to marry the country’s tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
DQxmV TIL in ancient times, doctors used spider webs to make bandages for their patients. As it is said that spider webs have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, which can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection.
oBRP7 TIL That Guam is trying to solve snake problem by shooting mice and Tylenol out of a helicopter
p86rN TIL that a long full grown beard without a mustache, like the type worn by Amish men, is called a "Shenandoah", which is not to be confused with the "chinstrap" which also is a beard without a mustache but does not extend below the jawline.