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TIL that in 1996, Charlie Sheen paid $6,537.50 to buy 2,615 tickets to a Major League Baseball game at Anaheim Stadium, hoping to catch a home run ball. Sheen and three of his friends sat alone, 20 rows up, but no home runs were hit that day.

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KYDpR TIL about Elephant walks - a term used by the US Air Force to describe close formation taxiing of a large number of military aircraft prior to taking off. These exercises serve a practical use - preparing aircrews for conflict operations that require mass take-offs but also serve as a show of force
XGLX TIL that in less than 100 days, Queen Elizabeth will officially become the longest reigning British monarch in history, surpassing Queen Victoria who reigned for nearly 64 years.
5YK1B TIL In 2004, German football club FC Union Berlin was facing bankruptcy and didn't have the €1.5 million deposit required to participate in the season. Their fans gave blood en masse and donated the money they got to save the club.
VMKyB TIL - While other birds have to sit on nests and use their body heat to incubate their eggs, incubator birds are more like engineers and have a very good solution. They pile plant debris on their eggs and make use of the heat of composting to hatch their eggs, essentially creating a mini greenhouse.
eLRE TIL: Fiji’s first Olympic medal was gold. They earned it in the 2016 Olympics in Rugby Sevens.