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TIL that Eddie Futch (who trained four boxers who all beat Muhammad Ali) got Fraizer to win, by waiting till Ali threw an uppercut, and then countering with a left hook.

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wLGW TIL that Claudette Colvin resisted bus segregation nine months before Rosa Parks, and it is her case that went to the Supreme Court — only for her to be swept under the rug by NAACP leaders since she was a pregnant teenager.
5YkOR TIL about Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He was greeted with kindness in most villages on his journey and offered free lodging and food.
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