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TIL Jackie Mitchell, a 17 year old female pitcher, struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a single exhibition game, and subsequently had her contract voided.

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MaXW TIL Fighters who lose by knockout are automatically suspended for 30 days, three months if it is the second knockout within three months, or one year if it is the third knockout within one year.
VQPB TIL that fatherless homes produce: 71% of our high school drop-outs, 85% of the kids with behavioral disorders, 90% of our homeless and runaway children, 75% of the adolescents in drug abuse programs, and 85% of the kids in juvenile detention facilities
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YpwlG TIL that Al Stewart quit song writing in the 1970s & moved to London to play cover songs. His neighbor Paul Simon rejuvenated his passion & happenstance led him to write "Year of the Cat." He thought it had no commercial appeal so he made it the last track on a 1976 album. It still pays his rent.