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TIL the first recorded name in history wasn’t that of a conquerer or prophet. It was of an accountant named Kushim.

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mxMdx TIL that when Greek Runner Konstantinos Kenteris won gold at the 2000 Olympics for the 200-metre dash, he was the first Greek athlete to win an Olympic sprint since Dionysius of Alexandria in 269 AD.