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ADmgn TIL that during a Cincinnati Reds game in 1935 a local stripper jumped onto the field, grabbed a baseball bat, and dared the pitcher to throw her something. He did, and she grounded to first base. She remains the only woman to play in a Major League Baseball game.
R7ww6 TIL A Killer Whale learned to mimic human words such as 'Hello' and 'Bye Bye.' The first of its kind to copy human speech. Whales and Dolphins are among the few animals other than humans which can learn to produce sound simply by hearing them.
kO0d5 TIL that Afghanistan had no national anthem under Taliban's rule because music was outlawed.
ZYrp TIL The German invasion of the Soviet Union caused 95% of all German Army casualties that occurred from 1941 to 1944.