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TIL during the 1992 Olympics the USA men’s basketball team held a private scrimmage with some of the best players to ever play in the NBA. Michael Jordan later said it was “the best game I was ever in”. Because there is no known recording it is now referred to as “The Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw”.

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BAxx TIL by analyzing his speeches, researchers found Reagan to show signs of Alzheimers before his diagnosis
X0EmE TIL Napoleon’s military tactics are still utilized by armies, and studied by students in academies around the world 200 years later.
4bd5 TIL the longest certified foot race in the world is the ‘Self-Transcendence 3100’ where runners must do 5649 laps around a single block in Queens New York.
Pd1G TIL over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled “Made in USA” than for those labeled “Made in China”.
yVj7a TIL the oldest hotel in the world is Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Japan. It was founded in 705 AD.