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TIL six percent of humans go out of their way to hit animals on the road and 89% of the people who did swerve to kill drove SUVs

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DQgDY TIL that Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of game 7 of the 1926 World Series when the Yankees were only down by 1 run.
9ARB TIL Sharon Osbourne sold all of Ozzy Osbournes cars when she found out he was drinking and driving
R57N4 TIL that there were Italian POWs in Riverside, California in 1942
neMVb TIL the name Yosemite was given by the white men who thought it was the name of the natives they were trying to drive out of the area. It was later learned that the natives actually called themselves the Ahwahneechees and the word “Yosemite” meant “They are killers.”
ANpZ7 TIL "chucking" is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball, but after biomechanical testing showed that all bowlers flex their extended arms to some degree, rules were then changed.