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TIL the French philosopher Voltaire scoffed at Isaac Newton for thinking men would one day travel at speeds greater than 50mph

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XEZBE TIL that superglue was more or less invented by accident in 1942, in an attempt to develop plastic gun sights for the war effort.
kOGw7 TIL The first baseball hats were made of straw. They were first worn by the New York Knickerbockers on April 24, 1849. But within a few years the team began to wear a cap made of fine merino wool. It featured a crown, with an attached visor or bill.
E1Nb7 TIL the highest grossing basketball movie of all time is Space Jam
8alAa TIL: Ed O'Neil has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it's in front of a shoe store.
b99gZ TIL that in June 2014, Sports Illustrated featured a cover of eventual World Series MVP, George Springer, with the title "Your 2017 World Series Champs"