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TIL that Kobe Bryant is the first person to have earned Olympic medals and an Academy Award. Two golds for 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball. The Oscar for 2018 Best Animated Short Film "Dear Basketball".

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neAAY TIL that when Lafayette visited America in 1824, he and Thomas Jefferson collapsed in each other's arms and cried upon their reunion. They had not seen each other since 1789. Jefferson had to have somebody else read the speech he prepared because he was so emotional that his voice was too weak.
kJWZe TIL the Upper Colorado River was named the Grand River until 1921. Before then the Colorado River began at Green River, Utah.
epw5E TIL that in Aymara mythology, rain is the urine of a "Heavenly Llama."
wolx8 TIL that Dan Quayle, Vice President of the U.S. (1989-1993) corrected a student's spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" in a spelling bee.
yV8lv TIL all dogs have 3 eyelids