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TIL Michael Vick was drafted in the 2000 MLB Draft by the Rockies despite not playing baseball since 8th grade.

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v6P4 TIL That when Wonder Woman first appeared as a member of The Justice Society in 1941, the group made her their secretary.
v16BK TIL that where a girl ties her bow on her dirndl during Oktoberfest means something. To the right means they're in a relationship, to the left means they're single, in the back means they're a waitress or a widow and in the front means they're a virgin.
xM7w TIL over 3500 unpublished whistleblower communications, including the US government’s No Fly List, 5 GB of Bank of America leaks, and insider information from 20 right-wing organizations were once in possession of Wikileaks…until the files were destroyed by the departing spokesperson.
wLQw7 TIL on November 22, 1963, an unidentified woman placed a phone call to a news station, telling them John F Kennedy was about to be killed. The call was placed about 20 minutes before his assassination, from the vicinity of Oxnard, California, about fifty miles northwest of Los Angeles.
NXBwQ TIL that 'Swimming Reindeer' is the name given to a highly detailed 13,000 year-old ivory sculpture. Carved in the late Ice Age, it depicts two migrating reindeer (m & f) and shows a sophisticated understanding of their anatomy & behaviour. Antlers, fur, genitalia, udders & markings are all shown.