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TIL Abraham Lincoln was a wrestler when he was young and lost just 1 match out of the 300 total that he competed in

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9y5M TIL Nazi Field Marshal Erwin “Desert Fox” Rommel was forced on orders from Hitler to either commit suicide by cyanide pill or to have his family murdered and legacy shamed. He chose to commit suicide.
xQ15 TIL Hitler approved the development of an inflatable sex-doll to be distributed to troops to combat syphilis.
ONyL TIL most of the gold ever mined is still in circulation today. That gold ring or watch that you’re wearing, could have been from several ancient-historic figures such as Cleopatra or Alexander the Great
4XEj5 TIL in 1962 the US detonated a nuke, Starfish Prime, in space to clear out Van Allen belt radiation (making Apollo missions safer) and for research. It took out part of Hawaii's electrical grid, several satellites, and made the Van Allen radiation much worse. A planned further test was cancelled.
4X8E5 TIL Wilt Chamberlain was able to dunk a basketball from the free-throw line without a running start. Because of this, he routinely dunked his free throws and the NCAA and NBA eventually decided to institute rules to prevent this.