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TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings.

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Lk99Z TIL that in mid-18th century France, eating potatoes was considered cruel and unusual punishment: potatoes were thought of as feed for livestock, and they were believed to cause leprosy in humans. The fear was so widespread that the French passed a law banning them in 1748.
aNAo TIL There’s a village in N. Kazakhastan dubbed “Sleepy Hollow” because the residents will fall asleep for days at a time. They suffer from encephalopathy and it took 4 years to discover the cause was radon gas.
wOR8 TIL that in 2017, the US will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1979, and that people from several countries are already trying to make hotel reservations―years in advance!
0oJM TIL Most people in Europe do not use air conditioning.
R681 TIL that Downtown Tom is a highly aggressive wild turkey that attacks citizens in Davis, CA and cannot be caught by wildlife officials