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TIL of WWII vet Bert Shepard, the only man to ever pitch in Major League Baseball with an artificial leg

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NlXe TIL of “I am Rich”, a $999.99 app which did nothing except state that you are rich. It was bought by eight people before being taken down by Apple.
wrAP TIL that on a 1983 episode of Three’s Company, John Ritter’s scrotum falls out of his shorts. Viewer complained in 2001 and it was edited out. Ritter’s quote on this: “I’ve requested that they air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t.”
wLPY8 TIL that in 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos.
l7lKa TIL that that there's a world record for the fastest 100 metres in high heels, and it's 13.557 seconds
0dJ6A TIL the record for viewing a scripted TV show that MASH set in 1983 still stands at 106 million viewers. Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 surpassed it as most viewed but not for a scripted show.