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TIL many MLB players had fathers who played professional baseball but only one had a mother who did-Casey Cadaele

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1Gxr TIL Charlie Sheen stayed awake for 48 hours straight to give himself the desired “wasted” look in preparation for his scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Z80DR TIL in 1995 an inmate filed a US$5 million lawsuit against himself. He claimed that he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested. He then asked the state to pay because he had no income in jail.
N7NAb TIL of an ape named Oliver who preferred walking upright. He was bald, freckled, showed sexual attraction towards humans and even liked to pour himself a cup of brandy every night while wearing a smoking jacket. Due to his human-like features and mannerisms he was once believed to be a "Humanzee".
JY1El TIL: The small bow found inside of many hats is a symbolic memorial to past hatters who had died of mercury poisoning
vP0yR TIL about Carol Shaw, one of the first female video game designers. She created the incredibly popular Atari 2600 game River Raid, which made her enough money to retire at age 35.