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TIL: Aleksandr Karelin, the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, who won 3 Olympic golds, 12 European Championships and 9 World Championships. His PhD was devoted to countermeasures against suplex throws. He suffered 2 losses, one of which was against a Wyomingite farmer who wrestled cows.

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