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TIL in a typical Major League Baseball season a total of approximately 160,000 baseballs are used.

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k5Je TIL a 34-year-old man suffered severe bleeding under the skin after pumping cocaine into his urethra. Complications destroyed his penis, nine fingers, and parts of his legs. The penis fell off by itself. His penis had remained erect for three days
QJRDp TIL: James Cameron sold the rights to 'Terminator' back in the '80s for $1 - and it's one of his biggest regrets.
oBXL8 TIL of Kösem Sultan who made donations to the poor, paid people's debts, supplied poor daughters with clothes and wed them, freed slaves after 3 years, in addition to building mosques, & schools. She was given the name Valide-i Muazzama (magnificent mother) upon her death.
8pAZ TIL that in the 2:58 mark of Hey Jude, you can hear “fucking hell” as Paul McCartney makes a mistake on the piano. The band thought it was too funny to take out.
r01M TIL that Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, and Nathan Fillion all voiced marines in Halo 3. Their characters were given personalities resembling the characters they played in Firefly.