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TIL that Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was the reason why the NCAA banned the slam dunk from 1967-1975.

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Z8O14 TIL that in Feb 2009, the Submarines 'HMS Vangaurd' and 'Le Troimphant' collided in the Atlantic Ocean as neither saw the other on aproach. Both submarines had nuclear weapons on board.
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