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TIL that there have been 0 left handed throwing infielders (excluding first basemen) in Major League Baseball since 1997

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D1G0V TIL of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a prominent american female labour activist, known for her promotion of women's rights, birth control, and suffrage. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union in 1964, and was awarded a state funeral and procession on the Red Square.
6EpJ7 TIL that in 2014 Korean Air vice president Heather Cho was so angry about receiving macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a plate, she forced the plane to taxi back to gate and unload the offending flight attendant. "Nutgate" ended up costing her 5 months in jail
rWNx TIL During the Cold War the US considered airdropping enormous condoms labeled “Medium” onto the Soviets, to demoralize them against an anatomically superior American Army.
GMDJ TIL: We don’t need to drink less soda, according to research funded by Coca-Cola
e0ARL TIL only 16% of millionaires inherited their fortune. 47% made it through business, and 23% got it through paid work.