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TIL that Derby County FC, ground is called the the baseball ground. As it was used for play baseball between 1890 and 1898. Then for football (soccer) 1895 to 1997.

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v1m6R TIL OF Charles MCGEE a retired American fighter pilot who saw combat missions in World War II, Korean War, & Vietnam making him one of the longest active duty air force pilots in history(spanning 30 years). He is also one of the last living tuskegee airmen
Z8ldQ TIL Bart Simpson (and 6 other Simpsons characters) are voiced by a woman.
v1Zmj TIL of the Japanese Economic Miracle whereby Japan's GDP went from $91 billion in 1965 to $1.065 trillion in 1980 & was the world's 2nd largest economy. This was achieved through "shūshin koyō" or the guarantee of employment in big corporations & highly unionized blue-collar jobs.
VEXZ TIL that in the middle ages, devil fearing christians would massacre black cats, which carried the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population and the spread of the Black Death
v7NL TIL that in 2009, just in case Space Shuttle Atlantis was damaged while working on the Hubble, Endeavor was readied to launch a rescue mission. This was one of the few times both shuttle launch pads were occupied.