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Til Sergey Bubka broke the pole vault world record in 1984 then kept breaking it every year after by as small an amount as possible for the reward money.

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O8p1 TIL that in 2003, American soldiers in Iraq vandalized the 6,000 year old Sumerian city of Ur by spraypainting “Semper Fe” on its walls. No response was made by the US government to the allegations.
xVgg1 TIL NYC Transit sunk 2,500 retired subway cars along the eastern seaboard to create artificial reef habitats for marine life
neJjB TIL Andrew Jackson, face of the $20 bill, made it the goal of his administration to destroy the National Bank. He even cautioned the public about paper money in his farewell address.
6ER9l TIL that it was not until 1985 that president Ronald Reagan publicly "uttered" the word “AIDS”.
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