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TIL That despite not having played since 2018, MLB player Andrew Toles has remained under contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers so he can continue receiving mental health treatment for his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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OGYRL TIL in the year 2017 more than 10,000 cases of theft of underwear were registered with the Japanese police, around 4,000 cases were solved.
N7oAE TIL in the 60's Capel Celyn, Wales was flooded to provide drinking water to Liverpool forcing the inhabitants to leave. After the flooding the English MPs had a tea party on location which was quickly destroyed by the furious villagers. This launched a Nationalist movement which continues to grow.
b9Gn0 TIL that on April 1st, 1991, a thief stole a box from the trunk of a car in New York City and discovered six partial human heads with the backs of the skulls cut away. They turned out to be specimens for study at an infirmary and not a strange April Fools' prank.
M7Gx8 TIL about Callin’ Oates: the emergency Hall and Oates hotline (+1-719-266-2837)
J1wYQ TIL: That in the 1700's, getting called a 'Beard-Splitter' meant that you had sex with a lot of women.