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Detective Tiger's Stories
@Tiger_Detective
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    @Tiger_Detective
    Nov 7, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    During the 2008 Olympics, Steiner was in fourth place going into the final lift. He managed to lift 258 kg in the clean and jerk, which combined with his earlier lift, gave him a total of 461 kg, enough to win the competition. After his victory, Steiner held up a photo of his
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    Aug 27, 2024
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    Bird had a habit of telling defenders exactly how and where he was going to score, and then doing it. He once told a defender, “I’m going to get the ball here, I’m going to shoot it here, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” And then he’d sink the shot. Before the 1986
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    Oct 24, 2023
    Replying to @fasc1nate
    She is the youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra Award, India’s highest peacetime military decoration for bravery. Neerja was just 22 years old and had been a flight attendant for Pan Am for only a brief period (about six months) before the hijacking occurred. Her story
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    Oct 28, 2023
    Replying to @fasc1nate
    The two met at the premiere of Chaplin’s movie “City Lights” in Los Angeles in 1931. Chaplin was fascinated by Einstein’s violin playing. Einstein, in turn, was impressed by Chaplin’s intuitive understanding of complex subjects. The meeting has often been cited as an example of
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    Nov 1, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    Withers had a stutter as a child and faced a lot of challenges because of it. He often credited his childhood stutter for instilling in him the empathy that characterized his lyrics. Before his music career, he served in the U.S. Navy for nine years. His experience in the Navy
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    Jun 11, 2024
    Replying to @creepydotorg
    In 2008, Omar's application for a British visa was denied due to concerns about public safety, citing his relationship with his father. His subsequent asylum requests in Spain and other European countries were also rejected. Omar is the only one of Osama bin Laden's sons to
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    Nov 3, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    The people Sugihara saved and their descendants have come to be known as "Sugihara survivors." It is estimated that there are about 40,000 people alive today because of his actions. In 1985, Israel honored him as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, an honor given to non-Jews
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    Sep 1, 2023
    Replying to @fasc1nate
    Could have been more gentle at the end, but well done anyway. 👏
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    Sep 6, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    Besides Shrek, there have been other instances where unsheared sheep were discovered carrying a shocking amount of wool. One such case involved a sheep named Chris, found in Australia in 2015, bearing a record-breaking 89 pounds of wool.
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    Nov 29, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    The Terracotta Army was never meant to be viewed by the public. It was buried with the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect him in the afterlife and was discovered by farmers digging a well in 1974, over 2,000 years later. The Terracotta Army also includes
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    Nov 16, 2023
    Replying to @the_culturist_ and @culture_crit
    What about Prague Castle in the Czech Republic, the largest ancient castle in the world?
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    Nov 2, 2023
    Replying to @fasc1nate
    Schwarzenegger stands at 6'2", Chamberlain at 7'1", and André was around 7'4". Schwarzenegger often recounted that during the shooting of "Conan the Destroyer," he and Wilt Chamberlain would try to show off their strength to each other by lifting heavy objects on set. André the
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    Oct 1, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    She was found by a villager in a snowbank. Despite her fall, she only sustained a fractured skull, broken legs, and three broken vertebrae. She admitted that she had a fear of flying after the accident, which is why she took a desk job at the airline. There are alternative
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    Sep 21, 2023
    Replying to @historyinmemes
    Not a single person of Japanese descent in the U.S. was ever proven to have committed an act of sabotage or espionage during WWII, yet the internment persisted. Families often had to sell their businesses and homes at a fraction of their actual value before being relocated. The
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