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TIL in 1951 a 66 year old man wasn’t allowed to enter a 1800km (1118 miles) long bicykle race due to being to old. He showed up anyways and won the race by biking for days without sleep. He got the nickname ”Grandpa Steel”

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NXndJ TIL about Nigersaurus, a dinosaur that had more than 500 teeth which were replaced every 14 days.
OomRX TIL Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia. A paranoid person thinks everyone in conspiring against him or her, whereas a pronoid person thinks everything is secretly conspiring to help him or her.
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DaOr TIL that President Clinton did not carry credit cards or much cash and became notorious for borrowing money from Secret Service guards while out shopping.
YpWJA TIL In 1851 Chess grandmaster Adolf Anderssen won a game, later dubbed “The Immortal Game” on the 23rd move after sacrificing his Queen, both of his Rooks and one of his Bishops.