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TIL that the Cleveland Indians did a ten cent beer night which Resulted in on field flashers, streakers and mooners, fireworks tossed in the opposing teams bullpin. And when a fan tried to grab the hat off of an outfielder ended in a full on riot where the Indians had to forfeit the game.

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VOm0 TIL that Iceland’s electricity is produced entirely from renewable energy sources (hydroelectric 70% and geothermal 30%)
QJ0GE TIL a major tobacco company was sued for allegedly using company vans in the 1960s to make trips to housing projects where free Newport cigarettes were given to children. A jury ruled against the tobacco company, which was ordered to pay over $35 million in damages.
PmbZ TIL that Bill Murray confused Joel Cohen with Joel Coen and ended up doing Garfield: The Movie
mmNR TIL Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, calls sick children in hospitals and talks to them in Character. “…Her mother was in tears, just crying. She said that was the first time her daughter had smiled in six months.”
KOVE9 TIL in the event of victory in WWII the Nazis planned to host every Olympic Games that followed in a stadium that would seat 405’000 people