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TIL:A 17 year old girl struck out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig back to back and was banned from pro baseball for her efforts

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agxN TIL Pakistan is an acronym: Punjab, Afghan and Kashmir
R7ee6 TIL that research is being done on psychedelics to alleviate cluster headache symptoms. Cluster headaches are an extremely debilitating and painful neurovascular disorder that many are unable to find relief for. By isolating parts of the substance, they can also remove the hallucinogenic effects.
g6X TIL that Caroll Spinney has played the Big Bird in Sesame Street since 1969, starring in 4300 episodes in 43 seasons which are 60 minutes long each, earning 8 Grammy Awards and 118 Emmy Awards.
5Yo4P TIL on 1642, Sir John Denham asked Charles I to spare Sir William Waller from execution, saying that "while Wither lives, Denham will not be the worst poet in England."
4X5pJ TIL When a thoroughbred horse gives birth and dies, or doesn't produce milk, their foal is given to a 'Nurse Mare'. It's a horse that has been bred solely to be able to raise the expensive foal. The Nurse Mare's foal is destroyed or sold as meat.