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TIL Joe Dimaggio won 9 World Series rings despite taking 3 years off in his prime due to WWII.

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D1odD TIL Chinese leader Sun Yun-suan was credited for overseeing the transformation of Taiwan from being a mainly agricultural economy to an export powerhouse. Sun was also sent to Nigeria and he increased Nigeria's power supply by 88%
MeynW TIL about Air Canada Flight 759, which erroneously almost landed on a packed taxiway at San Francisco International Airport. It missed one of the planes by 14 feet (4.3m). If it had crashed, it would have been the worst air disaster ever.
VMKnp TIL CNN prepared a news broadcast for the End of the world back in the 80’s
b9xJp TIL that in 2016, Congressman Peter Welch won both the Democratic and Republican primaries in his state.
XQQr TIL, fungi has been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, but it is not known if fungus is a cause or consequence of the disease.