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TIL Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan’s Teammate and arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history, Began Playing Basketball At 21 Years Old

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d8mQr TIL that an Iranian director made a documentary about his life as a dissident under house arrest, and had it smuggled out of the country on a USB stick hidden inside a birthday cake. He also defied a 20-year filmmaking ban to make the movie.
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