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TIL in 2000 Michael Sheen punched actor Jeremy Northam (the Prime Minister in The Crown) for making his wife Kate Beckinsale cry. Northam followed Beckinsale back to her trailer screaming she had ruined his performance in a take, so Sheen punched him right on the nose.

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oRK67 TIL Australia's first ever medal won at the Winter Olympics was a gold medal in Short Track Skating and the skater, Steven Bradbury, was dubbed "the accidental hero" after winning in a very bizarre sequence of his rivals colliding in all the elimination phases (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final)
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