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TIL that former MLB player Larry Walker was obsessed with the number 3. He set his alarm for 33 minutes past the hour, took practice swings in multiples of 3, wore the number 3, was married Nov 3 at 3:33pm, and once bought 33 tickets for disadvantaged kids to sit in section 333 of the ballpark.

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