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TIL that Mr T was cast to play James "Clubber" Lang in Rocky III after winning NBC reality show "America's Best Bouncer" and being spotted by Sylvester Stallone

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4kPgJ TIL that of the 44 original colonists who founded Los Angeles, only two were White. Of the other 42, 26 had some degree of African ancestry and 16 were Indians or mestizos [people of mixed Spanish and Indian blood].
epk8k TIL in 1970, German footballer Uwe Seeler became the first player to score in four world cups, beating Pele to that record by only three minutes.
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