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TIL that boxer Muhammad Ali was also an accomplished musician. He released the Grammy-nominated and American Dental Association approved album "The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay" in 1976.

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M70AW TIL that Joseph Guillemot, a victim of an accident that left his right lung permanently damaged by mustard gas during World War I with his heart located on the right-hand side of his chest went on to win the 5000m at the 1920 Summer Olympics
woy4J TIL that between the 1920s and the 1990s, around half a million US prisoners underwent state-sanctioned plastic surgery in attempts to rehabilitate repeat offenders based on the idea that appearance impacted the likelihood of reoffending.
7Gp7 TIL The Soviets found that sniper duties fit women well, since good snipers are patient, careful, deliberate, can avoid hand-to-hand combat, and need higher levels of aerobic conditioning than other troops.
xrQo TIL Matt Damon could only say his name in Team America because his puppet came in looking mentally deficient and they didn’t have time to change it, so Parker and Stone just made him mentally challenged.
WkRx4 TIL that Prince has used many names in his lifetime, such as Alexander Nevermind, Christopher Tracy, The Kid, The Purple Purv, The Minneapolis Midget, & finally The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. As a child he was called Skipper.