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TIL pro baseball lefty slugger Prince Fielder was born a natural right handed hitter, but his father forced him to bat lefty saying he’d “thank him for it later”

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9wp6G TIL Mount St. Helens is a non-technical climb and it takes most climbers 8 to 12 hours roundtrip to hike to summit, but entry into the crater is strictly prohibited
a8WLM TIL Over 7000 Kriegslokomotiven (War Locomotives) were built by Germany during WW2. Today, 5 of them are the last of Europe's industrial steam trains.
PY0kJ TIL Mel Brooks was in the US Army during WW2 and defused German land mines during the American advance into Germany.
LRDV TIL after having his hat shot from his head, bullets tear through his coat, and two horses shot from under him George Washington was able to ride 40 miles through darkness to summon reinforcements while suffering from a severe case of dysentery.
KYYlQ TIL Mark Twain declared that he discovered the right way to do an autobiography by talking about whatever interested him at the moment rather than writing it chronologically. From his bed, Twain dictated nearly 2,000 pages of the book to his stenographer over three years