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TIL Shrek’s appearance may have been modelled after French wrestler, Maurice Tillet (pics)

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Wdpd TIL 1986, a world-class runner dropped out of the middle of a 10,000 meter race and jumped off a bridge. She did not die, but she became quadriplegic. “All of a sudden, I just felt like something snapped inside of me”
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