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TIL “PNG” is pronounced “ping”

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ADQpB TIL of Rube Waddell, an early 1900s baseball pitcher that would leave mid game to go fishing and would get distracted when opposing fans held up puppies or shiny objects.
69Bp7 TIL John B Goodenough is widely credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery
LkPlQ TIL pornstar Mia Khalifa who was born in Lebanon, was actually raised as a very conservative Catholic.
m1kGo TIL a baseball stadium organ player was ejected from a game after playing "3 Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call by the umpire
K5L6 TIL the US House of Representatives has had 435 seats since 1911, when the population of the United States was 94 million. Today the population is over 326 million.