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TIL A professional baseball player named Chicken Wolf hit a walk-off (game-winning) inside-the-park home run due to an outfielder being bit by a dog.

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nWLrr TIL there are over 50 million slaves in the world 1 in 150 people. More slaves now than at any point in history
VJl0 TIL that 50 to 90 percent of the languages that are spoken today are expected to become extinct by the year 2100.
jNKyE TIL because regular air is toxic at high pressures, deep sea divers live on a mix of helium and oxygen, meaning they live and speak with a squeaky helium voice for around a month while working.
D1Jjr TIL that Pat McCormick, head writer for The Tonight Show, streaked across the stage during Johnny Carson's monologue in 1974. (For Golden Girls fans, McCormick was also the drugstore clerk who asked for a price check on condoms. https://youtu.be/BpNS8jYniLY)
A9pn TIL A Holocaust Survivor enlisted in the U.S Army, he was later taken P.O.W and kept him and his unit alive by sneaking out and stealing food, a skill he learning while in the Mauthausen concentration camp.