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TIL Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Randy Johnson kept a bag of baseballs by his bed for self defense.

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PgJJ TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl’s mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.
oBM77 TIL The song "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen was part of a 2 year FBI investigation for possible obscene lyrics. After playing the song forward, backwards and at different speeds the lyrics were still indecipherable.
9Y1wQ TIL that if everyone in the world stood shoulder to shoulder, we could fit in the city of Los Angeles, California. Los Angles is around 500 Square feet (1,300 Kilometers).
x6mn7 TIL James Cameron insisted on casting Tom Arnold in True Lies, and even threatened executives to take the movie to another studio in order to get him the part
BgQd TIL that a Korean soldier during World War II was conscripted into the Japanese Imperial Army, captured and forced to fight for the Red Army, then captured again and forced to fight for the Wehrmacht. Making him a veteran of three armies.