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TIL that boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukranian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.

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5Y8l9 TIL The Mad Pooper. A jogger who used to poop in public in Colorado, US. She has been wanted since July 2017 and remains unidentified. Theories about her public defecation varied from having Crohn's disease to being an exhibitionist or having a greater motive.
a8pJJ TIL had Napoleon not sold Louisiana (size of 4 French landmass) to the United States in 1803, Britain would've ended up with it after the Napoleonic Wars and modern day Canada would've stretched to the gulf of Mexico.
OAo6 TIL John Adams said “There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other.” Despite this, nothing was written in the Constitution about political parties
9wLLX TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.
KOKLB TIL of Art-o-mat machines; specialised vending machines that dispense art, specifically the artwork of local artists. As of July 2018, there were over 100 machines around the world, and over 400 artists involved.