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TIL: Russians purchased 500,000 baseball bats in 2014 but only one ball

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Wk7OA TIL Life expectancy in Zimbabwe under President Mugabe fell from 62 years in 1990 to 36 in 2006
16QbW TIL John Walsh, host of "America's Most Wanted," became an advocate for missing children after his son Adam was abducted and murdered in 1981. His advocacy led to changes in laws and the creation of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. His show helped capture over 1,200 fugitives.
Eg0gV TIL that Danny Elfman performed the voice of Jack Skellington when he sang, but actor Chris Sarandon performed Jack's spoken voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas
gMv7A TIL that the Japanese used houseflies coated in a bacterial slurry to spread cholera in China and kill an estimated 410,000 people during WWII.
nd1Y TIL that a deaf 45 year old North Carolina man was repeatedly stabbed after he was walking down the street, signing to his friend and a gang member mistook their signing conversation for gang signs.