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TIL Alex Rodriguez entered the last game of the season with 28 Home Runs and 93 Runs Batted In, after having finished the previous twelves seasons with at least 30 Homers and 100 RBIs. He hit a three-run home run and then a grand slam, finishing the year with 30 HR and 100 RBIs.

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l7LD1 TIL Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great’s harem housed over 5,000 women, from concubines to queens, each chosen for beauty, wit, or politics. Marrying Hindu princesses for alliances, Akbar turned his harem into a melting pot of power, where women influenced court politics and cultural fusion thrived.
w99E TIL the original Spy Kids movie has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
GYOE1 TIL John Kluge, as Chairman of MetroMedia, was the Richest Man in America in 1987. During WW II, the German born Kluge served as an interrogator at a secret military base that processed high ranking Germans, including those who were part of Operation Paper Clip, including Werner Von Braun.
x66kk TIL The Welsh engineering firm Taylor & Sons, which was founded in 1875, collapsed after a typo by Companies House in 2009 mistakenly listed them as being wound up, by confusing them with another company, Taylor and Son, that really was failing.
16rB7 TIL that the idea that people distribute poisoned candy on Halloween is a myth. There has never been a confirmed case of strangers injuring or killing children in this way, though some parents who have killed their children have tried to use it as a way to cover up their crimes.