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TIL future World Series-winning manager Terry Francona managed the Double-A Birmingham Barons in 1994 when Michael Jordan played a season of minor league baseball with the Barons

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QNnXk TIL the book 'Theory of Games and Economic Behavior', by mathematician John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern, led to the creation of an entirely new field of research, known as game theory, which is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions.
grKvA TIL that bed bugs were first mentioned in ancient Greece as early as 400 BC, and later by Aristotle. Bean leaves have been used historically to trap bedbugs in houses in Eastern Europe. The trichomes on the bean leaves capture the insects by impaling their feet. The leaves are then destroyed.
xV4gD TIL that Aramaic -the language spoken by the historical Jesus- is still being spoken as a mother tongue in a small village in Syria.
m1nxE TIL some mattresses literally have fiberglass in them. CA is the only state in the US to have banned this practice - as of October 2023.
Zp9aQ TIL: That Frasier wasn't the only spinoff from "Cheers" - in 1987 "The Tortellis" was launched focused on the life of Carla Tortelli's ex-husband, Nick Tortelli