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TIL Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into an Ohio river to protest racial discrimination in America

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NMyb TIL Hitler accidentally bombed his nephew’s house in Liverpool, so the nephew moved to the United States to fight with the Allies.
xVVoo TIL Athletes in the Olympic Village reportedly used 70,000 condoms at the 2000 games, and 100,000 at the 2008 games. About 450,000 were provided in 2016.
69BZZ TIL that the USA feared that the economic crisis Britain was undergoing in the late 70s could endanger NATO and the European Economic Community, and directed the US treasury to attempt to force domestic policy changes on the UK
4koYb TIL that when typing on a mobile phone, you can slide on the spacebar to move the cursor
R7gj1 TIL Owen J. Badggett became legendary as the only person to shoot down a Japanese airplane with an M1911 pistol, hitting the pilot in the head.