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TIL Breakdancing has become an Olympic sport. “Breaking” officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.

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16rGP TIL that the Guinness World Records no longer recognize the fattest animal as a record in order to prevent compulsive overeating.
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JYmEQ TIL Paul Van Doren, one of the founders of shoe company Vans, dropped out of school at the age of 14, when he was in the eighth grade. Interested in horses, he went to the race tracks every day. His mother then insisted that he get a job in a shoe factory.