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TIL of Dock Ellis, a professional pitcher who threw a no-hitter while high on LSD

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rNa81 TIL Ryan from the OC (Ben McKenzie) majored in foreign affairs and economics at university and is an outspoken critic of cryptocurrency. He is set to publish a book exposing the tactics used by major cryptocurrencies and exploring the underlying conditions that gave rise to crypto.
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aJ5N TIL That the fedora wearing neck beard meme is Gordon Crisp from Freaks and Geeks!
JYyOk TIL Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner, was involved in a plane crash in 1931 and was wrongly pronounced dead upon first being discovered. She spend 7 months in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk normally again. In 1936, she returned to the US olympic team and won gold in the relay.