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TIL Muhammad Ali Once Helped Negotiate the Release of 15 U.S. Hostages in Iraq

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EWod TIL of the Holodomor, “Extermination by hunger”, a man-made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine
DQ1nJ TIL Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" is a cover originally released in 1929 by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy. The time between both recordings was 42 years, but it has been 51 years since the 1971 release of Zeppelin's version.
GYNYJ TIL That Daniel Craig has been injured 5 times while playing James Bond. He does all of his own stunts, and has had his two front teeth smashed out, lost the tip of a finger, sprained his arm and knee in separate incidents, and pulled his ankle.
1aA17 TIL The 2020 Olympic Games will take place in Tokyo, Japan, as predicted in the manga "Akira" released in 1982.
RBNQ TIL that in 1999, 47 black residents of a Texas town were arrested on drug charges solely on the uncorroborated word of one undercover agent who was a member of the KKK. Many were sentenced to long prison terms; some served years before release. For doing this, the officer got 10 years probation.