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TIL Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson killed this opponent Jimy Doyle after having a dream that he killed him in the ring.

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va98 TIL that the artist Man Ray created an object in 1923 called Object To Be Destroyed. It survived until 1957 when a group of nihilists stole it from an exhibition and shot it. Man Ray used the resulting insurance payout to make a group of 100 replicas, called Indestructible Object.
EgMBd TIL the Fermi Paradox arose as part of a casual conversation in the 1950s when Enrico Fermi asked "But where is everybody?" referring to extraterrestrial life
Lmy0 TIL: Loopholes were small slits in castle walls that let archers fire arrows, and the modern use of the term reflects the apparent contradiction between the intent of an impenetrable wall and having small holes in it that allow defenders to gain an advantage
D1pWv TIL there were 5 times when a president lost the popular vote but still won the election. All 5 times, Democrats won the popular vote.
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