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TIL South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut would've got an NC-17 rating if they used more than 400 swear words in their movie, they intentionally used 399 swear words

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R7LgQ TIL that George Foreman started boxing at age 17. He won an Olympic gold at 19, turned professional at 20 and became the heavyweight champion of the world at 24. He later regained the heavyweight title at 45.
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