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TIL that the first Olympic PED violation was pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who drank two beers to "calm his nerves"

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mVMv TIL Sesame Street in Nigeria has a version of Cookie Monster named Zobi the Yam Monster. Since not many Nigerian children have access to cookies, the producers decided to give Zobi an insatiable craving for one of the country’s staple foods. He often shouts out, “Me eat yam!”
W7eV4 TIL The creators of Superman Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster modeled Superman's alter ego, Clark Kent, on their own shortcomings. Both were short, wore glasses, and neither got a date easily. Superman reflected their own social struggles and fantasies
8L8V TIL Despite Napoleon divorcing her so he could have an heir, his first wife Josephine is the ancestor of 5 of the current royal houses of Europe. Napoleon is the ancestor of none.
4Pab TIL in 2000, when the cast of “Friends” wouldn’t come down from their $1,050,000/episode salary demands, NBC produced promos saying “You’ve loved them for seven years, see how it all ends with the series finale of Friends this Thursday”. The cast agreed to lower salaries.
MeVaA TIL The Taiping Rebellion was started by a guy in China who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ, killing over 20-30 million people