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TIL the Rotary Club is a specific humanitarian organization - not a club where people talk about their old fashioned phones

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OEnR TIL that in 1944, the Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees played a “tri-cornered game,” which consisted of all three teams competing against each other and rotating between fielding, batting, and resting.
oRwl7 TIL that locals around the world use Minecraft to make changes to their neighborhood
kYld TIL There is an edible tree with 7x more vitamin C than Oranges, 4x more Calcium than milk, 3x more Potassium than bananas, 4x the Vitamin A of Carrots and 2x the Protein of yogurt. And it can also be used to effectively purify water (more info in comments)
WyQ9 TIL that a believed reason for Genghis Khan’s death was an arrow to the knee
Bgpbr TIL about the 1905 Battle of Tsushima between Japanese and Russian steel battleships. The Japanese sunk 21 Russian warships and captured another 5, including the flagship. Only three Russian ships made it back to a Russian port