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TIL Athlete, Marios Giannakou, Carried A Disabled Biology Student Named Eleftheria To The Top Of Mount Olympus, Her Dream

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Ypebx TIL Naim Süleymanoğlu (AKA The Pocket Hercules) is the 1st and only weightlifter to have snatched 2.5 times his body weight, and the 2nd of only 7 lifters to date to clean and jerk 3x his body weight. He is the only weightlifter to date to clean and jerk 10 kilos more than 3x his bodyweight.
4oY5 TIL that had the Axis powers won World War 2, Hitler was saddened that the white race from Australia and New Zealand would disappear under Japan’s eventual colonization of the countries.
awLvL TIL It's official (according to science).....cats are better than dogs...yes!!.
EXyV TIL: There is a company that drills for oil based on predictions consistent with Biblical Flood Geology…. and It Hasn’t Found Any Oil…. I introduce to you, Zion Oil Corp
mxyRy TIL of the Burghers of Calais. In 1346, Edward III laid siege to Calais, but agreed to spare the town if 6 wealthy residents surrendered, wearing nooses around their necks and carrying the keys to the city. Six volunteered, facing certain execution. They were spared on the advice of Queen Philippa