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TIL Richie Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth, breaking her nose. When play resumed Ashburn fouled off another ball that struck her while she was being carried off in a stretcher.

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N7NL8 TIL that 3 residents of the Greek island Lesbos in 2008, tried to ban the use of the word ‘Lesbian’. They felt it insulted their identity, as they believed the term described their own origins. They lost and had to pay court fees of €230.
kJlW4 TIL that serotonin, commonly linked to happiness as a neurotransmitter, has a surprising dual nature: it can be toxic. When injected into the skin, it causes severe pain and is a key component in wasp, hornet, and scorpion venom.
yEZX TIL The Indian Army during World War II began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men.By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945
4XXE6 TIL that in 1980, Ronald Graham offered a prize of $100 for anyone who could solve his "Boolean Pythagorean Triples Problem." Last year, three computer scientists solved the puzzle, using a supercomputer over the course of 2 days, and came out with a proof that takes up 200TB of storage space.
plxG TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. The true identity of Lori Ruff still has not been discovered.