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TIL Hall of Fame boxer Julio Cesar Chavez grew up with 10 brothers and sisters in an abandoned railroad car in Culiacan. When he gained fame as a professional fighter, Chavez would fight in exhibitions to raise money for the poor in Mexico, often giving out of his own pocket.

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yQeXa TIL soldiers were used as “guinea pigs” to study the effects of radiation on human health by French government in 1960s
OGjD1 TIL On March 3, 1876, residents of Olympian Springs, Kentucky, experienced a strange event known as the "Kentucky Meat Shower," where pieces of raw meat fell from the sky over an area of about 100 by 50 yards for a few minutes.
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