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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

Aug 26, 2019

TIL in the Ancient Greek Olympics, competitors found cheating were fined. The money would pay for a statue of Zeus with a plaque shaming the offender, and placed on the road to the stadium.

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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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todayilearned

Apr 15, 2019

TIL that Japan is making all of its medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics out of discarded electronics

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