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4Yxg TIL Bob Brenly, SF Giant catcher pressed into playing 3rd base, made four errors in 4th inning and was soundly booed by the home crowd. He then hit a HR in the 5th, a game tying single in the 7th and a walk-off HR in the 9th to earn a standing ovation
49ga TIL The first color broadcast was in 1958 when a TV presenter pushed a button to change black and white into color for President Eisenhower’s speech
awxJN TIL That despite running about three hours, actual playing time in a Major League Baseball game is under 18 minutes.
b6lVj TIL women get drunk faster than men because the female body produces smaller quantities of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase(this enzyme is released in the liver and breaks down alcohol).
xVL5k TIL Project RENEW, co-founded in 2001 by a US Army vet in an effort to help clear unexploded bombs in Vietnam, now spends about $24 million a year clearing unexploded ordnance, teaching children about the risks, and assisting victims. The project cleared 17,000 bombs in 2017.