Your Favorite Olympians: Where Are They Now?

Ted Ligety

Ted Ligety is an alpine racer who won gold in 2006 and 2014. He retired in 2021 and is fully involved with his company, Shred Optics. He produces ski gear, so he's still very much in the scene! He has a son with his wife, Mia.

Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi is one of the WNBA's greatest, so much so that Kobe Bryant himself called her "White Mamba." She has competed in four Olympic Games (2004 -2016) and helped team USA bring home the gold. Taurasi is still playing in All-Star tournaments. She is married to her former teammate, Penny Taylor, and they have two children together.

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The More You Know

  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.