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TIL that a 17-year-old female pitcher, Jackie Mitchell, struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a single exhibition game, causing them to void her baseball contract.

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4XGxR TIL about Pan-Pan, an alternative distress signal to Mayday. It is used when the situation is urgent, but does not pose an imminent risk to life. Using Pan-Pan informs potential rescuers that there is a problem, but rescue isn't immediately required.
KYDP6 TIL Rosalynn Carter sat in on Jimmy Carter's presidential Cabinet meetings and took notes so she would always know what was going on, and also was the first First Lady to have her own office in the East Wing.
vapB TIL there is a poem in Mandarin Chinese that, when spoken, sounds like the same word being repeated 92 times. It is actually a descriptive story of a man eating stone lions.
eNn4 TIL dry red kidney beans can be toxic if they are cooked in a slow cooker, which doesn’t get hot enough to get rid of phytohaemagglutnin, causing severe symptoms.
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