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TIL men’s tennis players use a different type of tennis ball than women

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NnYb TIL of Martin Pistorious, a man who fell into a coma as a young boy. 2 years into his 12 year vegetative state his conscience was awakened. He was trapped for 10 years in his body, unable to communicate, with only his thoughts for company.
4X46J TIL After Venus Williams won Wimbledon in 2000, her father shouted "Straight Outta Compton!" and jumped over the NBC broadcasting booth
GYAa4 TIL EA offered Benjamin Burnley, vocalist of Breaking Benjamin money to praise Star Wars: Battlefront 1 on social media during it's first release. He said he'd try it, and give his honest opinion. He ended up hating it so much that he broke the disk and refused to take their money.
kOLMd TIL of Guy Goma, who was accidentally interviewed live on BBC News as an expert while only there for an interview as an accountant
4JDg TIL upon discovering an abandoned printing press in Belgium during the first world war, British soldiers decided to start publishing their own satirical newspaper from the trenches.