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TIL Vin Scully called Sandy Koufax’s perfect game (1965), Hank Aaron’s 715th HR (1974), “The Catch” (1982), Bill Buckner’s error (1986), and Kirk Gibson’s home run (1988). BTW he still announces Dodger baseball today.

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W7Vm4 TIL in 2009, 6000 camels invaded an Australian town and seized their water supplies
WJjB TIL on April 15, (around 12 hours from this post) There will be a total lunar eclipse called the “Tetrad” where the moon will turn blood red. This has happened 8 times over the past 2000 years
gMNxW TIL about two boys from Dublin who travelled to New York via London on their own while evading authorities at only 8 and 10 years of age. They told their mother they wouldn’t go far as she had the dinner on.
xEn1 TIL that WWI was one of the first wars where there were more deaths from actual combat than disease.
olRA TIL the HBO series Rome featured one of the largest sets ever constructed for a television show, at over 5 acres, and was also one of the most expensive, at over $100,000,000US.