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TIL about Eddie Waitkus, who was the inspiration for Robert Redford’s character in “The Natural.” Waitkus almost died in 1949 after being shot by an obsessed female fan. It is one of the earliest recognized cases of criminal stalking

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R7Gd6 TIL Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Randy Johnson kept a bag of baseballs by his bed for self defense.
4vLR TIL Japan has a longer coastline than Australia
d8b5B TIL Canadian billionaire, Barry Sherman, was murdered, along with his wife, Honey in 2017. The murders remain unsolved.
WZkB TIL Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions.
9wbAQ TIL Edmond Albius, a 12 year old Réunionese slave, invented the method of vanilla pollination still in use today. He was never properly rewarded for it and died impoverished in 1880.