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TIL of MLB player Lenny Dykstra who paid a team of private investigators $500,000 to dig up dirt on MLB umpires. He used the information to leverage a more favorable strike zone during games.

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xV7M7 TIL Alaric, who became King of the Visigoths and sacked Rome in 410 CE, was conscripted as a Roman soldier earlier in his life. While fighting in the Alpine passes, he likely learned the weaknesses of Rome's natural defenses.
xVRND TIL Breastmilk has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs—from age to time of day and even illness.
pk0Z TIL that the final scene in the Seinfeld episode “The Marine Biologist” was written in front of the live studio audience minutes before taping it. The take used in production was the first take that they shot.
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