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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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Jul 15, 2020
TIL They used to give Olympic Medals for painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, and music, alongside athletic medals.
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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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Jun 11, 2020
TIL In 1964, Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River as an Act of Protest against Racism.
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Jun 10, 2020
TIL the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles was so profitable that profits continue to help fund youth sports as recently as in the 2010s
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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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Dec 10, 2019
TIL Cool Runnings was originally intended as a serious and heavy sports movie involving life in the Kingston slums. Its first title was Blue Maaga.
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Sep 13, 2019
TIL The youngest Nike sponsored athlete in the world is 11 year old girl who is surfer and skateboarder Sky Brown
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Apr 16, 2019
TIL that the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
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