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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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Wk0Do TIL A silk top hat is made from hatters' plush, and it is thought that there are no looms capable of producing the traditional material any more; the last looms in Lyon were destroyed by the last owner, Nicholas Smith, after a violent breakup with his brother, Bobby Smith.
9wJyD TIL the "Wow! Signal", a 72-second radio signal detected in 1977, is the strongest candidate for an alien transmission ever received Its frequency (1420 MHz) was near the hydrogen line, ideal for interstellar communication, and its intensity was 30 times stronger than background noise. Despite numer
woLa8 TIL that a Wall Street restaurant, The Exchange Buffet, operated on the honour system, where customers would tally their own bills. It ran successfully from 1885 to 1963
x67V5 TIL Dog Dancing from King of the Hill is real and it’s an international competition that takes place at the world's preeminent dog dancing stage, Crufts dog show, in Birmingham, England.
BjXW TIL Henry “Hank” Aaron wore #4, hit 44 home runs in 4 different seasons, and when he broke Babe Ruth’s all-time HR record, it was the 4th inning of the 4th game of the 1974 season. Al Downing, the LA Dodgers pitcher who threw the ball that broke the record, wore #44.