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TIL That Pope Leo I met with Attila the Hun and convinced him not to invade Rome

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4X4VJ TIL in 1994, Indian’s relief pitcher Jason Grimsley once crawled through the Comerica Park air duct with a flashlight in his mouth to get into the umpire’s room so he could switch out Albert Belle’s confiscated bat because he knew it was corked.
Xax8 TIL that Taco Bell, the famous Mexican food eatery, has attempted twice to enter the market of its spiritual motherland. Unfortunately, Taco Bell has failed to enter the Mexican market. Twice.
MeDXm TIL a Scottish teen was punished for contempt of court in 1993 because he kept unconsciously responding “aye” when asked to say “yes” or “no.” As he told reporters, “I thought I was answering him.“
oR4ao TIL The odds of being attacked by a great white shark are about 1 in 11.5 million, which are much lower than the odds of being struck by lightning.
XEVn6 TIL about Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department who conducted an infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan