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RTK4740 t1_iu042tv wrote
Reply to TIL in 2003, 12yo Auri Allen was featured on Ripley's Believe It or Not due to his massive size, nicknamed Baby Shaq. By 2006, he was regarded as one of the top 5 basketball players in the country, until a car crash paralyzed him. He later became a Head Coach and founded his own basketball academy. by SlipperyThong
I get sick thinking of someone with this much passion, talent, and natural grace having his life turned inside out by a car accident. I hate it. I'm glad he found some measure of joy in coaching - that's awesome - but how could you go through life not feeling cheated of your destiny? Ugh.
RTK4740 t1_iu01mnj wrote
Reply to comment by thehedgepart2 in TIL of the Schön scandal, concerning physicist Jan Hendrik Schön, who rose to prominence after a series of breakthroughs with semiconductors that made him in contention for the Nobel prize. It was later discovered that all his research was completely fraudulent. by AmiroZ
>Lysenkoism
TIL about Lysenkoism. Thanks for the new word/concept.
RTK4740 t1_irevytf wrote
Reply to comment by ral315 in TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers by FarceMultiplier
Oh my gosh, that clip was a lot of fun. Thank you for posting!
RTK4740 t1_jco16v0 wrote
Reply to Self portrait, me, pencil, 2023 by jalilisblue
You’ve got some great talent. The way you drew your eyes is fantastic. They’re piercing.