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TIL In 1964, Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River as an Act of Protest against Racism.

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d8Y0E TIL a 67-year-old neuro-scientist was "stereoblind" (unable to see depth) his entire life, but it was cured after he saw the movie "Hugo" in 3D at a movie theater. Afterwards he was permanently able to perceive depth.
xV5x1 TIL urine indicator dyes for pools are a myth. There is no such thing as a chemical that turns urine in swimming pools blue or red.
8em0K TIL Queen's song "Another One Bites the Dust" is about a man named "Steve"
BgQer TIL actor Deep Roy played 165 different Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
yVBAw TIL that in 1990, after miraculously surviving a plane crash, two men received 6+ years in jail when ER doctors found baggies of cocaine inside their bodies.