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TIL Usain Bolt, the Fastest Man in the World has Scoliosis

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KJgG TIL in the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were quite popular. The winner would be whoever rode the greatest distance in the 6days. They would get extremely little sleep and hallucinate on the track.
AD7kB TIL that a Toronto man was shot 30 times by armed robbers and still survived. Police found 33 shell casings near him. He underwent two 15 hour surgeries for his gunshot wounds.
0map TIL that Up 95% of All Rebates Offered to Consumers for Purchasing Products Go Unclaimed
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v9BR TIL an American group from Harvard set out to observe the solar eclipse of Oct 27, 1780, with the Revolutionary War in full swing. Though the Brits granted them safe passage (sought in the name of science) into what was enemy territory, they still failed to witness totality due to miscalculations.