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TIL NBA Player Jusuf Nurkic was discovered when a sports agent read a newspaper article about his 7ft/400lb father. The article stated that "Bosnian policeman, Hariz Nurkic has beaten 14 people in a fight." The sports agent found the father asked him if he had a son. Jusuf was only 14yrs old.

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0omy TIL Despite basing ‘O Brother, Where art Thou?’ on The Odyssey, neither of the Coen Brothers had ever read the Epic and were only familiar with the plot through adaptations and pop culture references.