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TIL that Vitali Klitschko was never knocked down in his boxing career and also had a KO percentage of 87%.

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0dQRR TIL the exact cause of Joseph Merrick's deformities (who was known as The Elephant Man) remains unclear. DNA tests on his hair & bones in 2003 were inconclusive because his skeleton had been bleached numerous times over the years before going on display at the Royal London Hospital.
0dkVp TIL Uwe Hohn is the only person in history to throw a javelin 100m. His world record of 104.8m was declared an "Eternal World Record" as it will likely never be broken due to the IAAF redesigning the javelin in 1986 and resetting the WR to coincide with the change.
5VQVR TIL that although smoking is prohibited on commercial aircraft, the doors of airplane lavatories must have ashtrays to give rule-breakers a safe place to dispose of their cigarettes
yQORV TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heiress) killed somebody while DUI and the charges were dropped after the arresting trooper was mysteriously suspended and unable to testify until after charges had expired
d8mQr TIL that an Iranian director made a documentary about his life as a dissident under house arrest, and had it smuggled out of the country on a USB stick hidden inside a birthday cake. He also defied a 20-year filmmaking ban to make the movie.