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TIL Bobby Bonilla will receive close to $1.2 million from the Mets once a year until 2035. He hasn’t played in the majors since 2001.

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d87vj TIL Princess Sophie (of a minor German principality) married a Russian prince— soon after he was crowned emperor, she overthrew him and crowned herself Empress Catherine the Great. She annexed much of Poland (then ruled by her former lover), helped modernized Russia & started colonizing Alaska.
871V TIL North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate.
R5Dj8 TIL According to legend the revolt leader Simon bar Kokhba, once found an attacked man who had his tongue and hands cut off, bar Kokhba asked the man a series of yes/no questions which he could nod to, the assailants were caught as a result. Bar Kokhba has since become a question game in Hungary.
4VN6 TIL an extra from Hobo With A Shotgun had been blind from birth. He had recently had eye surgery to fix it and the first thing he ever saw was a scene from the film being shot.
VBBa8 TIL Ulcers aren't caused by stress, they're most commonly caused by bacteria