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TIL about The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, a Catholic church carved into Antarctic ice and the southernmost place of worship in the world.

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0dRA TIL Baseball Player Richie Ashburn fouled off a ball and hit a spectator, a few minutes later he fouled off another ball and hit the same spectator while she was being carried off by stretcher
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