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TIL because of the low humidity due to high elevation in Denver, the Colorado Rockies baseball team started using a humidor to store baseballs in 2002, after which they found that home runs and other stats became more in line with the rest of the league

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J1Xpj TIL that Lord Nelson, one of the most successful naval commanders in British history, suffered from sea sickness throughout his career in the Royal Navy. In a letter, he wrote that "I am ill every time it blows hard and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea."
JgrQ TIL that Jerry Lewis made a movie in 1972 where he plays a clown in a concentration camp, and leads kids on a train to a gas chamber. It has never seen the light of day.
57PD TIL that Axl Rose first heard the famous lines from Welcome to the Jungle (“DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?” “YOU’RE IN THE JUNGLE, BABY!” “YOU’RE GONNA DIE!”) from an old guy in NYC when he hitchhiked there as a young man
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