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TIL that the first male to win the tennis Career Golden Slam, Andre Agassi (winning all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold), is married to the first female tennis player, Steffi Graf, to do the same.

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b96YZ The rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongolian empire was responsible for the annihilation of an estimated 40 million people, but there were clearly more than a few conquests off the battlefield as well. A 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Studies of Y-chromosome data found that almost 8 percent of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes. Researchers believe this is attributed to a unique set of social selection circumstances put into play by the spread of the Mongolian empire. In this week’s "Today I Learned," research scientist Albert Lin elaborates on Genghis Khan as a romantic.
rRwP0 TIL that the human eye has a resolution of approximately 576 megapixels. For context a 4K screen has about 8.8 megapixels.
jPXN TIL A Greek taxi driver has the highest recorded mileage to date (2.9 million miles) on a Mercedes. He donated his car to the museum, and was gifted a new car.
oEEo TIL in 1995 Dave Grohl was offered the opportunity to be a full-time, permanent drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Dave turned down the offer to pursue the Foo Fighters instead.
d8b7B TIL, about Frank “Cannonball” Richards, a carnival entertainer who’s most famous act involved getting hit by a 104 lbs cannonball from close range; he performed the act twice a day because “more than that was too painful.”