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TIL that basketball player Shane Larkin, son of baseball player Barry Larkin, first played baseball and learned how to hit a ball from Tony Perez and Pete Rose. He turned to basketball after his Little League coach told him his hitting technique was "all wrong".

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wLep7 TIL in 2006, the Mythbusters tested the myth that cardboard used in cereal boxes are healthier than the sugary cereal itself. Two groups of mice were given either item and the box group ended up eating each other while both Mythbusters made remarks about it. The myth was promptly never shown on TV.
pYoae TIL that the idea that 19th century doctors would treat hysteria by clitoral massage to produce an orgasm and that vibrators were invented as a labour-saving device for doctors doing so became widely accepted in multiple fields despite the fact there is no evidence for it at all.
J1Xm8 TIL that on April 28th, 1988 the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet mid-air. Clarabella Lansing , a flight attendant, was the only fatality. She was swept out of the airplane near the 5th row seats. Her body was never found .
Ra59 TIL that even though the Dalai Lama can’t swim, his greatest fear is being eaten by a shark
vl7r TIL Vin Diesel broke into a Theater in New York with his brother when he was 7 with the intent of vandalizing it. When they were caught, instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director offered them roles in an upcoming show, thus starting Diesel’s acting career.