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TIL During the course of baseball game, a fan asked another for a knife so he could sharpen his pencil. Just as he leaned over to take the knife, a foul ball struck him on the hand and drove the blade into chest the chest of a man between them. He bled to death within moments.

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KYjEw Today I learned: Laura Ingersoll Secord was a hero of the War of 1812 who walked 32 kilometres out of American-occupied territory to warn British forces of a looming attack by the Americans.
loLra TIL that National Reconnaissance Office donated two Hubble-class telescopes to The National Science Foundation, because they were only gathering dust in a warehouse. NRO is the agency in charge of USA's spy satellities, the donation was prompted by the two telescopes becoming obsolete for spying.
kJoXm TIL of Edward Leedskalnin, a man with fourth grade education, who solely built the Coral Castle with over 1,100 tons of coral rock, using only hand tools. When asked how, his reply was that he understood the laws of weight and leverage. Today, it is a museum open to the public.
KYOYR TIL Ray Charles's final film role was a guest star in, "Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie."(2000) prior to his death four years later in 2004.
7rOxO TIL In 1970, psychologist Timothy Leary was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On arrival, he was given a psychological evaluation (that he had designed himself) and answered the questions in a way that made him seem like a low risk. He was assigned to a lower-security prison from which he escaped.