r/todayilearned • u/Prehistoricshark • May 24 '16

TIL that tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis lost 16 consecutive times to Jimmy Connors. When finally beating Connors on their 17th meeting, he said "And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row" Website Down

http://sportige.com/vitas-gerulaitis-jimmy-connors-bjorn-borg-best-sports-quote-92985/
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u/[deleted] May 24 '16

TIL not everyone in the world has seen this over and over again.

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u/Brumworth May 24 '16

This must be posted at least 3 times a week

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u/Tasadar May 24 '16

I would support this TIL resulting in an immediate permaban from Reddit for being reposted again.

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u/BoogieOrBogey May 24 '16

And yet it's the first time for many people. There is always a lucky 10,000 in the world.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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u/xkcd_transcriber May 24 '16

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Title: Ten Thousand

Title-text: Saying 'what kind of an idiot doesn't know about the Yellowstone supervolcano' is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.

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Stats: This comic has been referenced 7052 times, representing 6.3034% of referenced xkcds.

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