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TIL in 1919 Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning with one out remaining in a game, and after regaining consciousness, recorded the final out to win it.

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7MNr TIL that that Yahoo had the opportunity to purchase Google for five billion dollars in 2002, and now it’s worth nearly seventy-eight times that at three hundred ninety billion.
by9 TIL that Ganguro is a style used to rebel against the ‘traditional beauty’ of pale skin with dark hair, rather then an imitation of Western culture.
RWb6 TIL over 5,000 Amish people travel each year to vacation in “Amish Las Vegas”. (Pinecraft, Florida) Use of cellphones and cameras is very common there, and almost everyone uses electricity in their rental homes.
awxgN TIL that Tom Hanks stole his mannerisms for Forrest Gump, for which he won an oscar for best actor in 1995, from his younger brother Jim Hank's performance in the low budget film Buford's Beach Bunnies.