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QJOAL TIL due to Nazi bans on educating Polish children, an underground education system was created by the Secret Teaching Organization
X0oV6 TIL about Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team. During an exhibition game against the New York Yankees in 1931, Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.
kOE6W TIL in the story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, the Torah uses the singular word tzefardeah for frog, not the plural tzefard'im. Some interpret this as meaning Egypt was plagued by a singular frog.
x9j7 TIL there was a proposed LEGO Shaun of the Dead scene, including The Winchester pub from the film, that received the required amount of supporters on their website but was ultimately scrapped.
m1GlR TIL In the 1950’s, when General Electric opened Appliance Park in Louisville, KY, they persuaded lawmakers to bend the time zone boundary around the city so the factory would observe the same time as GE’s headquarters in Fairfield, CT.