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TIL the Olympics used to include medals for Art

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v4vL TIL that in 1254 C.E. the Mongol Khan organized a formal religious debate between teams of Christians, Muslims, & Buddhists. The debate went on for multiple rounds on a variety of theological topics until the participants became so drunk that it concluded without any clear winner.
mxjay TIL Jimmy Carter called Egyptian president Sadat’s assassination in 1981 “one of the worst days of my life.” Carter knew Sadat's successsor, Mubarak, quite well. Decades later, Carter became disappointed and stopped speaking to Mubarak after he stayed in power too long
PVXw TIL the actor who played Sloth in The Goonies was selected first overall in 1973 NFL draft and went on to win two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders
5Y96R TIL: That 'Aryan' and 'Iran' and 'Iranian' all come from the same word, and some of the 'purest' of Aryans are Kashmiri, Romani Gypsies and Punjabi.
VvyG TIL Will.I.Am created the theme song for Samurai Jack