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TIL Simone Biles became the only woman to win All-Around Gold at Worlds 4 times, unveiled “The Biles” vault, and won medals on all events (4 Gold), WITH kidney stones last year.

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O1Eg TIL that the Motion Picture Academy refused to nominate Tron for a special-effects award because, according to director Steven Lisberger, “The Academy thought we cheated by using computers”
XJLP TIL Regis Philbin is a honorary Wu Tang Clan member
YM8G TIL On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.
neoyB TIL that French prisoners in the 1700s were granted freedom if they agreed to marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana
N740P TIL a jogger in Maine once drowned a rabid raccoon in a puddle after it latch onto her finger and would not release.