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TIL that an annual Tennis award, the ATP Fan's Favourite has only ever had three different winners in its 20 years of existence. Gustavo Kuerten (2000), Marat Safin (2001,2002) and Roger Federer (2003,'04,'05,'06,'07,'08,'09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'14,'15,'16,'17,'18,'19)

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wo5bY TIL The first man to report a rogue wave was Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1826, d'Urville was then publicly ridiculed because such a wave was believed impossible. A rogue wave was not measured until 1995 and the lack of earlier reporting is likely due to few wooden ships surving the encounter.
9wD7m TIL Mussolini's granddaughter had a brief but dazzling career as a japanese citypop artist in the 80's. Yes, that Mussolini. And it's surprisingly pretty good.
WkBRY TIL Lincoln once reviewed 303 death warrants for Santee Dakota Natives convicted of killing farmers. He approved 39. The Governor of Minnesota then told Lincoln he should have approved all of them for more support in 1864 election. Lincoln responded with "I could not afford to hang men for votes"
or6W TIL that in 1996 a woman solicited a man to torture and kill her in the first case of Internet mediated consensual homicide
K5NQ TIL That in Australia there is an annual event building highly detailed suits of armor, weapons, vehicles and animals out of cardboard. They then have a massive battle destroying everything. They call it Boxwars.