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Jul 18, 2020

TIL Her Majesty the Queen opened the London 2012 Olympics in a spoof video whereby James Bond escorted her to the venue via helicopter, which they both parachuted out from with Union Jack parachutes

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todayilearned

Jun 16, 2020

TIL In the 1952 Olympics, Luxembourg won a gold medal which was so unexpected that the band did not know their national anthem and instead had to improvise and played gibberish.

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todayilearned

Mar 25, 2020

til that in the 1952 Olympics, Luxembourg won a gold medal which was so unexpected that the band did not know their national anthem and instead had to improvise and played gibberish.

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todayilearned

May 16, 2019

TIL that Usain Bolt set his 9.58s 100m record on a diet of chicken nuggets

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todayilearned

May 01, 2019

TIL that, after becoming the first white man to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre received a formal letter of invitation from the Ku Klux Klan. He did not respond.

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