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TIL that boxer Lennox Lewis was behind on points to opponent Vitali Klitschko’s, until landing a punch that forced the fight to end on injury (despite Vitali wanting to continue). Lewis the winner, would then retire from boxing, whilst Vitali continually demanded a rematch over the years.

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waVE TIL in 1962, a man named Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval Officer, cast a single vote that prevented a nuclear attack on the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is credited for preventing a thermonuclear World War 3.
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