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TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Expos right out of high school. The Expo's General Manager claimed he had the potential to be "one of the greatest catchers ever."

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0demj TIL that South Africa Airways in 1967 began to use the Amílcar Cabral International Airport for its international flights Europe and America, because its aircraft were prohibited from landing in the vast majority of African countries due a boycott to apartheid.
65o7 TIL that ultra-marathoner Marshall Ulrich had all his toenails pulled out to allow him to run more efficiently.
Rag9 TIL over half of all gun related deaths in the U.S. are suicides. Roughly 40% are homicides.
EKnX TIL of Max Woosnam, possibly the greatest sportsman of all time. He won gold & silver Olympics medals, a doubles title at Wimbledon, hit a 147 break in snooker, a century at Lords cricket ground and captained Manchester City and England football teams. He also played off a 0 handicap at golf.
OGL4R TIL Ronald Reagan's speechwriter Peter Robinson originally intended for him to deliver the famous line "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in German. Robinson thought the big line should be about opening the Brandenburg Gate because he argued that is an even bigger symbol to the Germans