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TIL John Smoltz is the only pitcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame to have undergone Tommy John Surgery.

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N7VK1 TIL of "White monkey" jobs in China, Caucasian foreigners are hired to stand around and pretend to be a employee of the chinese company or representative of a international company to increase the value of the Chinese company
89b4 TIL an officer in the American Civil War, Benjamin Runkle, was mistakenly left for dead on the battlefield. An obituary was written for him while he was still alive, but ironically Runkle outlived the man who wrote it, and in return wrote an obituary for his obituary writer
gMkEA TIL while Canada was officially neutral during the U.S. Civil War, between 33-55,000 Canadians volunteered and fought mostly for the Union. Over 29 Canadians received the Medal of Honor. The war led to change in governing philosophy in Canada, with more focus on federation instead of states rights.
VBJAQ TIL there are no Burger Kings in Australia thanks to a single restaurant already having the name so they chose Hungry Jack's instead
RRL9 TIL there’s a militant Islamist group called MILF