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TIL televangelist Pat Robertson claims to have leg-pressed 2,000 lbs. At age 73.

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GjD5 TIL of Mark Felt; the Watergate scandal whistleblower known as “Deep Throat.” As deputy director, he was the second highest ranking official in the entire FBI at the time he was leaking critical information which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
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