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1Ovd TIL that Jim Abbott, a Major League Baseball pitcher for 10 years, not only won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, but also pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993 and was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, all while only having one hand.
Y7DNP TIL kurt vonnegut was a POW in Dresden, Germany, during the allies firebombing campaign. This would help shape his anti-war views later in life.
0dAPy TIL: The same man who created a new style of hard to detect audio bug (secret agent listening device) also created a musical instrument (the theremin).
E1KVd TIL about Miyuki Ishikawa, a midwife and a serial killer who murdered at least 103 babies born to impoverished parents. When she was caught, her sentence was four years in prison.
xVX47 TIL that during Hiroshima, the Gingko trees that were growing 1 to 2 km from the explosion of the atomic bomb survived the blast and quickly became healthy again. Those trees were some of the few living things that survived and are still alive today.