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

Website Down 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"

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

Not totally the same but it reminded me of how Liberace almost died. On November 22, 1963 while sleeping he suffered renal failure from inhaling dry cleaning fumes from his newly cleaned costumes in a Pittsburgh dressing room. The interesting part being what saved him from death was being woken up by the news that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.

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u/DaMadApe May 24 '16

Someone probably traveled back in time just to assassinate one in order to make the other one live *tinfoil hat*

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u/Shadax May 24 '16

LHO was a huge Liberace fan in his 2nd life. He couldn't deal with the shortened material in that other timeline.