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TIL Dock Ellis once threw a no-hitter while tripping balls on LSD. He claimed to have seen Richard Nixon and Jimi Hendrix, and the footage of the game was locked away because it was “an embarrassment to the league.”

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1adj8 TIL that La Malinche was a native woman who played a key role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. Today the term "malinchista" refers to a disloyal compatriot in Mexico.
rRMr0 TIL Severus Alexander, a generally meek emperor who ascended the throne at the age of 14, used to entertain himself by watching puppies play with little piglets
DnpD TIL a mother skinned one of her sons alive and fed his flesh to cannibal relatives, her other son was caged in the cellar
KO0ww TIL In the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter. But Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd sarcastically, and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.
MN1A TIL In Ancient Sparta boys were punished for not answering questions Briefly and Wittily enough