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TIL American Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to have won gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different disciplines

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l4B7 TIL A Welsh man has gone broke trying to defend himself again PETA, who are suing him for the copyright of a selfie taken by a Macaque in Indonesia. I just…I don’t have words.
PY9eO TIL Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival and brother of John Fogerty, contracted HIV from an unscreened blood transfusion following back surgery in the 1980s and died of HIV complicated TB in 1990
7r1Ax TIL Ukrainian Trident/Tryzyb was also the Coat of Arms of the Viking ruling dynasty of Kiev Rus 1,000 years ago, and it is believed to mean a symbol of the Holy Trinity
oBdp8 TIL The Walter Reade Organization mistakenly omitting the logo © when renaming George A. Romero's originally titled "Night of the Flesh Eaters" made Night of the Living Dead public domain. Thus, we'll never know how much the film made worldwide from all its unapproved showings, copies and sales.
M7X5B TIL about Enforcers, an unofficial role in ice hockey who's job is to deter dirty or violent plays by the opposition by responding with more violence.