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TIL When Usain Bolt's agent was asked how his client would fare in a long-distance race, he said Bolt has never run a full mile in his life.

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Wk6BB TIL a German woman and her son on Christmas Eve 1944 fed and sheltered 3 American and 4 German soldiers in her small cabin in the Huertgen forest. Both sides disarmed themselves for that night, and the next morning the Germans gave their adversaries a compass and directions before leaving.
A6Od TIL ketchup originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called ‘ke-chiap’.
Y7JdZ TIL Vikings originated the original acapella rap battles called "flyting"
E8bd TIL that in 2012 a dad in Canada was arrested and strip searched after his 4 year old daughter drew a gun in school. She said he used it to shoot “bad guys and monsters.” He didn’t own a gun.
grEKW TIL the final fight scene in Rocky Balboa (2006) was shot during an actual pay-per-view boxing match in Las Vegas. Sylvester Stallone traded real punches against former world champion, Antonio Tarver.