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TIL Australian athlete, Peter Norman, is only now being recognised for his brave actions in the 1968 Olympics. “I’ll stand with you”, he said to Tommie Smith and John Carlos as they raised their fists in one of the most powerful images of all time. However, the Olympic committee ostracised him.

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Ey1P TIL Alexander Graham Bell originally suggested ‘ahoy’ be adopted as the standard greeting when answering a telephone, before 'Hello’ (suggested by Thomas Edison) became common.
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M7Y5V TIL there was a guy called ‘Brushy’ Bill Roberts who claimed that he was Billy the Kid in 1950 just before he passed away. Brushy even had the same scars as Billy. Also, a photograph of Brushy Bill at age 71 was a 93% match to Billy the Kid in the latter’s famous tintype.