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TIL the original Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles, not Chicago. It hosted the Angels their first season in the American League and Home Run Derby.

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Xxk6 TIL Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez fought for 6 hours straight and had 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, broken jaw, and eyes caked in blood. He was pronounced dead until he spat in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.
kYY5 TIL Brazil Prisons offer their prisoners to reduce their sentence for 4 days (up to 48 days/year) for every Book they read and write a report on.
9Anr TIL that when numbers are written in a spiral, prime numbers appear along diagonal lines.
8a8j4 TIL about the Bystander Effect, a psychological phenomena in which the more people present at an emergency, the less likely someone is to intervene
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