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TIL d'Armond Speers tried to teach his son the Klingon language, used by the Klingons in the Star Trek series, as a first language. The boy answered mostly in English which his mother spoke to him and at the age of 5 stopped answering his father when he spoke Klingon.

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1aREX TIL "Classy" Freddie Blassie, who wrestled between 1950 to 1970 was so hated that he had been stabbed 21 times by different fans and even had acid thrown at him during a match. He also caused multiple heart attacks in Japan after brutalising Japanese hero Rikidōzan during a match.
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