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TIL Bill Murray Actually Bowled The 3 Tournament Winning Strikes At The End Of Kingpin

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wLPW6 TIL of the Parthian shot, an ancient military tactic where archers on horses would feign retreat and then turn their bodies while at full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy. It required great skill to master. Without a stirrup, the rider relied solely on pressure from his legs to guide his horse.
16Mor TIL that Stanley "Tookie" Williams, convicted murderer and founder of the LA Crips gang, became a children's author and 5x Nobel Peace Prize nominee while on Death Row. He was executed in 2005 after being denied clemency by California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger.
9YQ9m TIL That Godwins law is an internet adage asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1"
9YoKD TIL the 1892 animated film 'un bon bock' became a lost film because the french director Emile Reynaud threw all but two of his picture bands to the Seine river as he was suffering from depression at the moment.
4D0b TIL in 1973, when asked about a possible end of the US embargo against Cuba, Fidel Castro said “The US will talk to us when they have a black president and the world has a Latin American pope”