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TIL that Ghanaian soccer player Mohammed Anas accidentally thanked both his wife and his girlfriend in a speech after a match.

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8axwG TIL when Amelia Earhart was proposed by her boyfriend George Putnam, she suggested a one-year temporary marriage to test its feasibility . She also said, "On our life together I shall not hold you to any medieval code of faithfulness to me nor shall I consider myself bound to you similarly."
pO TIL an Olympian was born with a collapsed lung, diagnosed with asthma, stands little over 5ft, weights 115ibs and is now a double Olympic gold medalist in track cycling
yV5Oa TIL that Gore-Tex is used in surgeries ranging from vascular grafts to synthetic knee ligaments. Also known as Teflon, this material is arranged in a mesh, which allows human tissues to grow through it. The rate of rejection is extremely small due to the material being inert in the body.
gMR1b TIL about a unit of measurement: The Smoot
m1NwP TIL their is an official city called "Truth or Consequences" in New Mexico.