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TIL that Stephen Colbert is a Sunday school teacher

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R7jOa TIL Jesse Owens gave 1 of his 4 Olympic gold medals to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, he gavethe other 3 to a hotel owner in Philadelphia to pay for his outstanding bill at the hotel, and one of his medals sold for $615,000 in Dec 2019.
b9ow0 TIL That the tallest man ever recorded in human history was Illinois born, Robert Wadlow at 8'11 (2.72 m) tall. With a shoe size of 37AA (47 cm) and a wingspan of 9.5 feet (2.88 m). When he passed from infection in 1940 his coffin was 10.9 feet long (3.28 m).