Generalized torsion in knot groups
  We show that for many classical knots one can find generalized torsion in the fundamental group of its complement, commonly called the knot group. It follows that such a group is not bi-orderable. Examples include all torus knots, the (hyperbolic) knot $5_2$ and satellites of these knots. 
Geoff Naylor and Dale Rolfsen
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