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TIL that Charlie Sheen once bought 2,615 tickets to a Major League Baseball game so he could improve his odds of catching a home run ball

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8aoxK TIL trigger warnings are unhelpful in reducing anxiety. Trigger warnings also do not reduce anxiety among people who met a clinical cutoff for PTSD symptoms, reported a diagnosis of PTSD, or reported that the stimuli matched the content of their past trauma.
rN41d TIL the dolls in Disney's It's A Small World rides get haircuts once a year. The yarn used for their hair absorbs moisture and lengthens over time.
mx5Qx TIL a massive earthquake struck Japan in 1923, causing a fire tornado that incinerated 38,000 people in 15 minutes and was so hot, people's feet were melted to the ground and they could not run away.
xVYx0 TIL of Neith, a hypothetical moon that may have orbited around Venus. Originally spotted by Giovanni Cassini in the 1670s, the object hasn't been seen since the 1770s.
NXx1J TIL the city of Sialkot, Pakistan makes about 70% of all footballs/soccer balls in the world