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TIL that Babe Ruth, at the age of 40, hit his 714th and final home run over 500 feet, clearing Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field’s triple deck, and bouncing off a nearby resident’s roof

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KYJJa TIL the city of Chicago sold all of its parking meters (for 75 years) to a consortium of Abu Dhabi investors for $1.15 billion in 2008. By 2023, the investors have broken even on their investment with a $500 million profit and 60 years left on the deal.
b4EE TIL: On Johnny Carson’s final show, Comedy Central went dark, leaving a video gone-fishing sign saying the people are out “watching Johnny Carson’s last show and so should you.”
R57kQ TIL There is a thriving population of wild parrots in The Bronx. These parrots were introduced to the area because of the pet trade, but have since called it their home by creating nests on the warm lights present in baseball fields. They have since spread across the boroughs, and even Manhattan
BgBK TIL Deion Sanders is the only player to hit a major league home run and score a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, Sanders is also the only man to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.
GYWn4 TIL that Fucking Hell is a German Pilsner or pale lager with an alcohol content of 4.9%. It is named after the village of Fucking in Austria; hell is the German word for 'pale' and a typical description of this kind of beer