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TIL that former MLB pitcher Randy Johnson kept a bag of baseballs by his bed to throw at home invaders

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wormo TIL of Audie Murphy, the most decorated US soldier of WWII, who held off a German company alone for one hour then led a successful counter attack despite being wounded and out of ammunition.
PwkZ TIL 1969 Allen Funt creator/host of Candid Camera boarded a plane to Miami. While in flight the plane was hijacked by armed men. A passenger recognized Funt and all were convinced it was a gag. Funt tried to dissuade them but no one believed him they only realized it wasn’t when they landed in Cuba.
jNyyN TIL that Sir Alex Ferguson - one of the greatest managers in sports history and the most decorated football manager of all time - self-identifies as a socialist.
OGgr1 TIL that eight years after JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.
OnK4 TIL in 1988 NASCAR used falsified drug tests to keep a driver with AIDS (Tim Richmond) from driving.