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TIL about Whittaker Chambers, a Soviet spy with a limited knowledge of Austrian German who is responsible for the popularization and an inaccurate English translation of Bambi.

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gMp88 TIL of a baseball player who took out his false teeth to look more intimidating during games. During one game he put them in his hip pocket, and managed to bite himself on the ass when he slid into second base
nZL7 TIL Years after Tiger Stadium was demolished in Detroit, a group of fans came together and maintained the playing field. To this day, they still cut the grass and fertilize the field at their own expense. They now have little league games where the Detroit Tigers played for more than 100 years.
R5gW7 TIL of Benjaman Kyle, an amnesiac man discovered in 2004 who had no memories of his life and could not even recall his name. It was not until 2015 that his identity was discovered through DNA testing, and there is still a twenty-year gap in his life history with no known records
mxovP TIL the "Roman" in "Times New Roman" refers to the fact that the characters aren't italicized or bold
0dd5L TIL film star Kay Kendall's cancer diagnosis was kept from her, she died believing that she was suffering from an iron deficiency