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TIL a female minor league pitcher struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gerhig back-to-back in 1928. Her contract was voided; in 1952 MLB officially banned women, which was not rescinded until 1992.

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aO8o TIL Pepsi ran a sweepstakes to win $1 billion in 2003, and paid $10 million for insurance against someone actually winning the grand prize.
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xDJD TIL Disney has the planning permission to build a nuclear power plant (and many other powers)
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