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TIL the 14th century King of the Malian empire Mansa Musa, said to be the richest person who ever lived, gave away so much gold while passing through Cairo on his way to Mecca that he inadvertently collapsed the Egyptian economy.
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He's found, in very bad shape, and transferred to the medical wing of a German prisoner of war camp. After a week, the doctors tell him that the infection in his left leg means they're going to have to amputate. "OK," says the airman. "Just, if you would, do me one favour. Drop the leg over my airbase in England." The Germans think this is an odd request, but they can't see anything particularly wrong with it so they agree. The following week, the infection has spread to his right leg and they decide they have to amputate that too. The airman makes the same request for the amputated limb to be dropped over his base and they agree. By the third week, the infection has spread to the unlucky ai
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TIL the US athletes who made the "black power salute" at the 68 Olympics were booed, called "ignoble" "juvenile" and "unimaginative" in the media, struggled to find work, and received death threats. LIFE magazine later named the photograph one of the 20 most influential images of the 20th century.
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