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TIL Director, Robert Rodriguez was commissioned to video tape his high school’s football games but was promptly fired because he shot them “with a cinematic style, getting shots of parents’ reactions and the ball traveling through the air instead of shooting the whole play.”

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pk8Z TIL that in 2000 a Mexican woman, Inés Ramírez, was forced to resort to self-surgery – a Caesarean section – because of lack of medical assistance during a difficult labour. She took 3 shots of hard liquor, then performed the surgery herself with a kitchen knife.
8aWOV TIL during the funeral of William the Conqueror, his body was too large to fit into the tomb. When attendants forced the body into the tomb it burst, spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
dAK TIL Charles Barkley, not MJ, Magic, or Bird, led The Dream Team in points per game, rebounds per game, and steals. Before the Olympics, the selection committee wasn’t even sure he should be on the team.
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